"The US oil blockade has caused an already stuttering Cuban economy to trundle into the ditch. Tourism is all but dead, after airlines from Canada, Russia, China and France ceased operations, and Iberia is leaving at the end of May."
"Those Cubans who still live on the island, estimated at 9.5 million after a 2 million-strong exodus in the last five years, are exhausted. Everything is collapsing - health, education, transport, everything."
"It's a dialogue between apparently irreconcilable positions: Trump has vowed to take the island, while Cuba maintains that its political system is not up for negotiation."
The Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin docked at Cuba's Matanzas oil terminal, unloading 700,000 barrels of crude. This event raised questions about the US oil blockade. President Trump had previously stated no oil would go to Cuba, yet he later expressed no issue with oil shipments. Concurrently, Cuba announced the release of 2,010 prisoners, seen as a humanitarian gesture linked to ongoing negotiations with the US. The Cuban economy is suffering due to the blockade, with tourism and essential services collapsing, leaving the population in dire conditions.
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