Overview
- Trump wrote that “there will be no more oil or money going to Cuba — zero” and urged Havana to “make a deal before it is too late.”
- Following the U.S. raid that captured Nicolás Maduro, U.S. forces have been seizing Venezuelan tankers and rerouting crude, halting Cuba‑bound shipments tracked in recent months at roughly 27,000–35,000 barrels per day.
- Díaz‑Canel declared that “no one dictates what we do” and said there are no negotiations with Washington beyond technical migration contacts.
- Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denied receiving compensation for security services and asserted Cuba’s right to import fuel from any willing exporter.
- Cuba says 32 of its personnel were killed in the Venezuela operation, as Trump meets oil executives and signals plans to channel tens of millions of barrels of Venezuelan crude to the U.S.