Cuba on the brink as U.S. pressure signals a coming blockade
TL;DR
Washington’s move to tariff oil to Cuba and hints of a blockade, combined with Mexico halting shipments and dwindling reserves, could leave Cuba short of fuel within weeks, risking deeper blackouts, disrupted transport and a worsening economy for ordinary Cubans.
- Cuba on the brink as Trump turns up the pressure: ‘There is going to be a real blockade’ The Guardian
- ‘What the hell do we do with this issue’: Mexico confronts Trump’s Cuba pressure Politico
- US is in talks with Cuban leadership, says Trump, after blockade threats The Guardian
- Mexico's Sheinbaum pledges to send humanitarian aid to Cuba ABC News
- Cubans under siege as US stranglehold sets in Reuters
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