Overview
- President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that there will be “NO MORE OIL OR MONEY” going to Cuba and urged Havana to “make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
- Shipping trackers and PDVSA documents indicate no tankers have left Venezuelan ports for Cuba since early January, after a 2025 average of roughly 26,500–27,000 barrels per day that covered about half of Cuba’s oil deficit.
- Cuban leaders rejected Washington’s assertions, with President Miguel Díaz-Canel asserting sovereignty and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez saying Cuba has the right to import fuel and denying receipt of material compensation for security services.
- U.S. and interim Venezuelan authorities are reported to be negotiating a deal worth about $2 billion to route up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil to the United States, with proceeds held in U.S.-supervised accounts.
- Cuba reported 32 of its military and security personnel were killed in the U.S. operation that captured Nicolás Maduro, as U.S. seizures of Venezuela-linked tankers continue to restrict regional energy flows.