US president Donald Trump stated that Cuba It will no longer receive Venezuelan oil or money, informing the island of a deal with Washington, “before it is besides late”.
Cuba, a close ally Venezuela and the main beneficiary of the subsidised oil has been experiencing a decline in supplies from the country since early January OPEC. Transport data shows that no oil cargo has left Venezuelan ports to the island since the President's abduction Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces, due to the fact that a tight blockade of oil led by the U.S. stopped deliveries.
“There will be no more oil nor more money on the cub—Zero!” – Trump wrote on Sunday on his fact Social portal, adding that "Kuba lived for many years with immense amounts of oil and MONEY from Venezuela".
"I powerfully propose they make a deal before it's besides late" – he added.
In the American raid at the beginning of this month, dozens of Venezuelan and Cuban safety forces officers were killed, after which Trump declared that Cuba was ‘ready to fall’, citing the deep economical crisis of the island and informing that Havana will have difficulty surviving without subsidized Venezuelan oil.
Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel rejected Trump's threat, claiming that Washington has no moral right to impose an agreement on Havana.
"Kuba is simply a free, independent and sovereign country. Nobody tells us what to do” – wrote Diaz-Canel on X Sunday, adding that the island has been attacked by the US for decades and will defend itself if necessary.
Caracas and Washington are reportedly carrying out a $2 billion deal under which Venezuela would supply the United States with up to 50 million barrels of oil, and the proceeds from it would be stored in accounts supervised by the Treasury.
Trump's high-ranking officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, made it clear that they felt that US intervention in Venezuela could lead Cuba to the brink of an abyss.
American rhetoric towards Havana has intensified in fresh weeks.
The United States has maintained a comprehensive trade embargo against this Caribbean country since the 1960s.
While Obama and Biden's administrations took steps to normalize relations, Trump re-placed Cuba on the American list of terrorist sponsorship states.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/630837-trump-cuba-ultimatum/
