Cuba In Context

Trump's New Sanctions Push Cuba Toward Crisis Cuba faces an energy squeeze as Trump escalates sanctions and threatens tariffs on nations supplying the island with oil.

Trump’s latest tariff threats put Cuba’s energy lifeline and the island’s economy under renewed strain.

With oil shipments threatened, Cuba confronts a looming humanitarian and economic crisis that could rival the 1990s Special Period.

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The US Is Punishing Cuba to Send a Message to the Whole World The original goal of the United States blockade against Cuba was to worsen conditions and inspire Cubans to overthrow their government. Regime change hasn’t been forthcoming. Now the US maintains the ...

"The goal of the US government has been to asphyxiate the Cuban economy as a means of undermining the Cuban Revolution and bullying Cubans into relinquishing their sovereignty and right to self-determination."

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Trump administration weighs naval blockade to halt Cuban oil imports “Energy is the chokehold to kill” the Cuban regime, said a person familiar with the discussions.

A naval blockade isn't a "measure"—it's an escalation that risks lives and regional stability. The Trump admin is willing to trigger a massive humanitarian crisis just to prove it can control the trade of sovereign nations.

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