Trump Weighs Imposing ‘total Oil Blockade’ On Cuba In Bid To Topple Government – The Cradle
Trump Weighs Imposing ‘total Oil Blockade’ On Cuba In Bid To Topple Government
Following the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the White House reportedly believes the Cuban government is ‘ready to fall’
The White House has discussed imposing a total blockade on oil imports to Cuba as part of an effort to promote regime change in the Caribbean nation, Politico reported on 23 January, citing three people familiar with the matter.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is behind the proposal, according to the sources.
US President Donald Trump stated last week that the US would end Venezuela’s shipments of oil to Cuba, which account for 60 percent of the island nation’s oil consumption.
Havana has sought to replace subsidized Venezuelan oil with purchases from Mexico at higher market rates to stave off an economic crisis. Cuba sold some of the oil provided by Caracas for the foreign currency needed to import food and machine parts amid harsh US sanctions.
Trump abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on 3 January, called himself “acting president,” and is personally managing the revenues of shipments of Venezuelan oil recently sold by Washington.
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