Cuba, Trump and Mexico
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"I think Cuba will not be able to survive," Trump said.
President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba appeared to be directed largely at Mexico, the only nation that has sent any meaningful fuel shipments to the island.
President Donald Trump has declared Cuba a national security threat, creating a new mechanism to impose tariffs on imports from any country that provides the island nation with oil.
As tensions between the US and Cuba rise to the highest levels since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the mood was grim at a recent staff meeting at the US Embassy in Havana.
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, said Cuba would not experience a betrayal similar to the one he claims led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
Caribbean correspondent Dánica Coto has returned to Cuba after more than three years. She finds the island changed, with garbage piling up and fuel shortages affecting daily life.
GOP Reps. Carlos Giménez and Mario Díaz-Balart said it was time to exert more pressure that might bring down the regime.
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Cuba down to 15-20 days of oil amid US blockade
Cuba Down to 15-20 Days of Oil Amid US Blockade