Overview
- Trump declared on Truth Social that there will be “NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” and urged leaders to “make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
- U.S. seizures of Venezuelan tankers have effectively halted Cuban-bound deliveries, interrupting an estimated 30,000–35,000 barrels per day that Cuba had depended on.
- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said there are no talks with the U.S. beyond technical migration contacts and asserted Cuba’s right to buy fuel from any willing exporter.
- The Cuban government said 32 of its personnel were killed during the U.S. operation in Caracas that resulted in Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
- The administration is consulting major oil companies and engaging Venezuela’s interim authorities to route crude to U.S. markets, a move analysts warn could worsen Cuba’s blackouts.