The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a Cuban energy company
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the imposition of sanctions against the Cuban state-owned energy company Unión Cuba-Petróleo. The restrictions apply to the company’s activities in the energy sector.
The restrictions were imposed pursuant to Executive Order No. 14404 issued by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Rubio accused Cuba’s communist elite of using the energy sector as “a tool for social control and kleptocratic enrichment.”
“For decades, the regime has stolen and hoarded affordable fuel, using it for Castro’s private jet, for the needs of security forces that carried out repression against the Cuban people, to light empty tourist hotels, and to transport people to fake rallies and political events, —all while the Cuban people suffered from power outages and waited weeks to fill up their cars,” Rubio wrote.
According to him, Trump seeks a “new future” for the Cuban people “with greater economic and political freedom and opportunities.”
At the same time, the secretary of state noted that until then, Washington will continue to limit the communist regime’s ability “to use energy trade to advance its corrupt agenda and brutal suppression of the Cuban people.”
He announced this on social media
The U.S. and Iran cannot agree on a nuclear deal, says Rubio.
The U.S. reacted strongly to Iran’s intentions to introduce a toll system for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, stating that this is unacceptable and could derail any negotiations. Washington considers this strategic waterway critically important and will not allow Tehran to exert commercial or political control over it.
As a reminder, Cuba has restored its power grid following a massive blackout.
Trump also confirmed the U.S. intention to intervene in Cuba.
