US EditionTrump Says 'Cuba Will Be Failing Pretty Soon'
President Trump claims Venezuela has stopped sending oil and funds to Cuba and vows to block any remaining support, predicting the island's imminent failure.
- President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that `Cuba will be failing pretty soon. Cuba is really a nation that's very close to failing`, adding Venezuela has not recently sent oil or money to Cuba.
- Emboldened by a U.S. military operation earlier this month that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump said Washington will `run` Venezuela under interim leader Delcy Rodriguez.
- President Donald Trump vowed to stop oil and money from longtime backer Venezuela reaching Cuba, while Cuba's president said this month Washington had no moral authority to force a deal and human rights experts called the U.S. approach imperialist.
- The U.N. human rights office said the U.S. military raid that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month violated international law.
- Trump signalled a wider regional strategy by vowing to halt Venezuelan oil and money to Cuba, positioning the U.S. to pressure Havana as Delcy Rodriguez governs Venezuela under U.S. oversight.
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Cuban economy is three weeks from collapse without new oil supplies
Cuba has only 15 to 20 days of oil left according to Kpler, and faces economic collapse without fresh supplies, as Trump turns the screws in the latest attempt at regime change in his Western hemisphere sphere of influence.
President Donald Trump has spoken again about Cuba, the country that could be another of his targets after the capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this month. “Cuba will fail very soon,” he said Tuesday before a group of journalists in Washington. “Cuba is a nation that is very close to collapse.” Although no one from his administration has spoken clearly about what is the plan they are kneading with the island, everything points to that they are …
The US president takes it for granted that the regime is about to collapse, now that it does not receive oil from Venezuela, nor from Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Cuba “is about to fall” because it does not receive oil from Venezuela since Nicolás Maduro was deposed from power.
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