Overview
- In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump said “there will be no more oil or money going to Cuba” and urged Havana to “make a deal, before it is too late.”
- Cuba rejected the demand, with President Miguel Díaz-Canel asserting national sovereignty and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez saying the country has the right to import fuel from willing suppliers.
- Shipping data show no tankers have departed Venezuelan ports for Cuba since early January, following the U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro and subsequent interdictions of Venezuela-linked vessels.
- Cuban authorities said 32 of their military and intelligence personnel were killed during the U.S. operation in Caracas.
- U.S. officials and Venezuela’s interim authorities are reported to be negotiating a $2 billion plan to route up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to the United States with proceeds in U.S.-supervised accounts.