"Venezuela is Cuba's biggest oil supplier, but no cargo has departed from Venezuelan ports to the Caribbean country since the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by US forces on January 3 amid a strict US oil blockade on the OPEC country, according to the latest shipping data. list of 3 itemsend of list THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, Trump wrote on his Truth Social"
"Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela, Trump added. Trump did not elaborate on his suggested deal, but US officials have hardened their rhetoric against Cuba in recent weeks. Earlier on Sunday, Trump also reposted a message on Truth Social suggesting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio could become the president of communist-ruled Cuba. Trump shared that post with the comment: Sounds good to me!"
"Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel rejected Trump's threats in a post on X. Cuba is a free, independent, and sovereign nation. Nobody dictates what we do, Diaz-Canel said. Cuba does not attack; it has been attacked by the US for 66 years, and it does not threaten; it prepares, ready to defend the homeland to the last drop of blood. Earlier, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez insisted right and justice are on Cuba's side."
Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba have stopped since the January 3 abduction of President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces and amid a strict U.S. oil blockade, leaving Cuba without its largest supplier. The U.S. announced an end to Venezuelan oil and financial flows to Cuba and urged the island to strike a deal with Washington. Cuban leaders rejected external threats, asserted national sovereignty, and emphasized defensive preparedness. Cuban officials denounced the United States as a hegemonic threat to regional and global peace and insisted on the right to import fuel from any willing suppliers.
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