US Edition'Got free oil from Venezuela': Why Cuba's collapse looks inevitable after capture of Nicholas Maduro
With Venezuela supplying just 35,000 barrels daily before US seizures, Cuba faces worsening blackouts, shortages, and a 15% population decline over the last decade, experts say.
- Hours after the US military removed Nicolás Maduro from Caracas, Cuba lost its principal global ally and fuel source as Maduro awaits trial in New York.
- Before recent seizures, shipments from Caracas were just 7,000 barrels a day, while Cuba needs 100,000 but produces only two-fifths, according to Jorge Piñón.
- The lack of fuel is triggering massive blackouts, while more than 2 million people lack reliable drinking water in Cuba.
- Their economy will likely be pulverized as Cuba's leadership faces loss of fuel, money, and control; any new savior must accept Washington as foe, while Russia and China remain unlikely backers.
- Led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Washington is ratcheting up pressure on Havana while uncertainty about a post‑Maduro Caracas complicates Cuba's regional alliances.
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Maduro’s capture puts Cuba’s Venezuelan oil-dependent economy at risk
The U.S. military operation to apprehend and remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power could put pressure on Cuba's economy as the communist country reels from the loss of a key economic and security partner.Maduro was captured alongside his wife over the weekend after President Donald Trump ordered the operation to take the couple into custody on charges related to a narcoterrorism conspiracy.The ouster of Maduro threatens to unwind an…
11 Million Cubans Are Poised to Starve Without Venezuelan Oil. How Many Will We Allow to Die?
In the wake of one of the more momentous weekends for U.S. foreign policy in the last several decades, it’s difficult to know where to even begin in analyzing the Trump administration’s brazen (and stunningly swift) attempt at regime change in Venezuela. The United States’ abduction of President Nicolás Maduro, who faces arraignment today in New York City on indictments both obvious (involvement in cocaine trafficking) and absurd (“conspiracy to…
Cuban Dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel Threatens America — Vows Cubans Will “Give Our Blood” and Make the U.S. “Pay a Very Heavy Price” | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
Cuban communist thug Miguel Díaz-Canel has issued a direct threat to the United States, vowing that his impoverished island regime will spill “our own blood” and force America to “pay a very high price” in defense of their fallen socialist comrade in Venezuela.
Maduro Ouster Leaves Cuba’s Wobbling Regime Without a Benefactor
Hours after the US military whisked Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his people should be prepared to “give their blood, even their lives” to defend Venezuela and the Cuban revolution. But even that might not be enough.
Maduro Ouster Leaves Cuba's Wobbling Regime Without a Benefactor
(Bloomberg) — Hours after the US military whisked Nicolás Maduro away from Caracas, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his people should be prepared to “give their blood, even their lives” to defend Venezuela and the Cuban revolution. But even that might not be enough.
Miami (USA), Jan. 4 (EFE).- Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer, who arrived in the United States as an exile last October, celebrated this Sunday in Miami the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and stated that Miguel Díaz-Canel’s Cuban regime will soon be “destroyed” by losing its main Venezuelan allies. “Yesterday we saw Canel screaming, saying they were willing to give their lives and their blood for Venezuela and Cuba. …
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