US EditionCuba Decries Trump’s ‘Genocidal’ Threat
Cuba declared an international emergency after U.S. President Trump threatened tariffs on oil suppliers, with analysts warning the island has less than three weeks of fuel left.
- Threatening punitive levies on nations, Trump said Thursday his administration would target Cuba's fuel suppliers, prompting Cuba to declare a state of `international emergency`.
- After Jan. 3's capture of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan leader, Mexico emerged as Havana's top fuel supplier while Bloomberg Economics says the move aims to put Havana into a corner amid Cuba's fuel shortage.
- President Miguel Díaz-Canel called the move `fascist, criminal, and genocidal` Friday, while Bruno Rodríguez said Washington seeks to `plunder their resources, cripple their sovereignty and deprive them of their independence`.
- Venezuela called on the international community to support Cuba as European diplomats warned the US pressure could spark a humanitarian crisis in the 10 million‑person country.
- Republican allies are pushing for an even harder line, with Florida Congressman Carlos Gimenez asking the U.S. administration earlier Thursday to end all flights and remittances to Cuba.
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Q&A: Will Cuba survive Trump's 'oil siege'?
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba. CGTN spoke with Guo Cunhai, a senior research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Center for Argentina Studies. According to Guo, this escalation signals Washington's intent to destabilize Cuba from within, and may force more Latin American nations to fundamentally reassess their strategic relationships with t…
“Today we appeal once again to the support of that people to stop the ongoing genocide project,” says Casa de las Américas in the face of Trump’s new step to asphyxiate Cuba.
Cuba Decries Trump’s ‘Genocidal’ Threat and Girds for Calamity
Cuba hit back at Donald Trump’s plans to use tariffs to choke off all oil supplies to the struggling island, calling it extortionary and declaring an emergency with conditions on the ground set to become even more dire.
Cuba Decries Trump’s ‘Genocidal’ Threat
"Cuba hit back at Donald Trump’s plans to use tariffs to choke off all oil supplies to the struggling island, calling it 'blackmail and coercion' that would force Cubans to live under even more dire conditions," Bloomberg reports."Cuba, meanwhile, is mired in its worst economic crisis since th
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