Trump Warns Cuba of Looming Humanitarian Crisis
Earlier this week, Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs on goods from any country that sells oil to Cuba, effectively tightening an embargo that has been in place since the 1960s.
The move follows last month’s capture by US forces of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, cutting off Cuba’s primary oil supply.
In recent weeks, Mexico increased oil deliveries to Cuba. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum cautioned that Trump’s sanctions could “trigger a large-scale humanitarian crisis, directly affecting hospitals, food supplies, and other basic services for the Cuban people.”
Asked about Sheinbaum’s warning aboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump said: “Well, it doesn’t have to be a humanitarian crisis. I think they probably would come to us and want to make a deal. So Cuba would be free again.”
He added, “We have a situation that’s very bad for Cuba. They have no money. They have no oil... They lived off Venezuelan money and oil, and none of that’s coming now.”
Trump expressed optimism that the Cuban government would negotiate and that the US would act “kindly” toward Havana. He did not specify what concessions Washington seeks, only noting: “we have a lot of people in the US right now that would love to go back to Cuba and we’d like to work that out.”
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