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Donald Trump’s oil blockade of Cuba is having disastrous effects on their already struggling economy, with food, medicine and energy shortages fuelling social unrest. But what does Trump actually want to achieve? And is this the best way to go about it?
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Background on US-Cuba & Cuba-Venezuela relations:
https://www.cfr.org/timelines/us-cuba-relations
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-cuba-trump-mexico-oil/
Trump cuts off oil and threatens tariffs:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba/
Cuba receives no oil shipments in January:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/cuba-gets-no-oil-for-first-time-in-a-decade-as-mexico-pulls-back
https://www.ft.com/content/f15ac8c6-c76b-40a1-bb41-95abbed7d8aa
Mexico halts oil shipments:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/world/americas/mexico-cuba-oil.html
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/10/2026/mexicos-claudia-sheinbaum-criticizes-us-oil-blockade-on-cuba
Airlines cancel flights amid fuel shortage:
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-11/the-blow-to-tourism-puts-cubas-economy-on-the-brink-of-collapse.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp329d12lkqo
Conditions deteriorate in Cuba & government launches rationing plan:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-fuel-crisis-9.7083047
https://www.reuters.com/world/cuba-roll-out-rationing-plan-us-moves-block-fuel-supply-2026-02-05/
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cuba-protect-essential-services-us-moves-cut-off-oil-supply-2026-02-07/
Talks between Cuban and US governments:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/world/americas/cuba-communist-government-trump.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/americas/cuba-us-talks-trump-regime-change-latam-intl
Marco Rubio on regime change:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-wants-regime-change-in-cuba-rubio/3813649
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/americas/cuba-us-talks-trump-regime-change-latam-intl
Risks of Trump’s strategy:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/02/how-far-will-trump-push-cuba
