"For days, a cold weather front had brought polar air to Cuba, causing temperatures to drop below freezing on some parts of the island for the first time in recorded history. But the frosty air hasn't been the only thing bearing down on Cuba from the north. The United States, after attacking Venezuela Cuba's closest ally and abducting its leader Nicolas Maduro has effectively cut off Venezuelan oil supplies to Havana."
"And in late January, US President Donald Trump called Cuba "an unusual and extraordinary threat" to national security and threatened to impose tariffs on any state that supplied oil or oil products to the island nation. Cuban President Migual Diaz-Canel initially slammed the move as "fascist, criminal and genocidal." He has since stated that his country was willing to talk with the US, but "without pressure or preconditions.""
"'Trump is crazy, he wants to take away the very air that we breathe,' says Aleida, who runs a homestay in Havana and did not want to share her last name, like all private citizens DW spoke with. 'And the other one is even more of a fanatic when it comes to Cuba.' She's referring to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state and son of Cuban migrants. He's long been seen as a leading voice of "maximum pressure" toward Venezuela and Cuba to force regime change."
A polar cold front brought temperatures below freezing to parts of Cuba for the first time in recorded history. Simultaneously, the United States cut off Venezuelan oil supplies to Havana after attacking Venezuela and abducting its leader, Nicolás Maduro. President Trump labeled Cuba "an unusual and extraordinary threat" and threatened tariffs on states supplying oil. Cuban President Migual Diaz-Canel denounced the move, later offered talks without preconditions, warned Cuba was close to failing, and announced forthcoming rationing. Ordinary Cubans express fear and uncertainty about potential further US actions and their consequences.
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