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U.S. President Donald Trump is applying severe economic pressure to an already-strained Cuba mired in a food and power crisis. Andrew Chang explains why the U.S. is choosing now to cut off the country’s oil supply, and why, for Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, it’s also personal. CBC | World News
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Air Transat aims to repatriate all its customers in Cuba within days
Air Transat is aiming to get all of its customers out of Cuba by next Wednesday, amid a call for Canadians to avoid delaying their exit from the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuba struggles as U.S. intensifies oil blockade: former ambassador
After U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to place new sanctions on countries selling oil to Cuba, Mark Entwistle, a former Canadian ambassador to Cuba, says the Trump administration is trying to inflict pain and throttle the country’s economy. CBC | World News
Read More »Should you stay or should you go? Canadians reconsider Cuba travel plans after advisory
Since the federal government’s new travel warning for Cuba, CBC News has heard from dozens of travellers who say they’ve either cancelled their trips, are trying to without success, or are still going with the understanding that this year’s trip could be challenging. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump blindsided Mexico with Cuba oil export tariff threat, says Mexican president
U.S. President Donald Trump blindsided Mexico with an executive order threatening tariffs on any country that supplied Cuba with oil, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum revealed on Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuba issues ‘state of war’ order amid fears of full-blown Trump attack
Cuba has approved plans to enter a ‘state of war’ in a bid to counter Donald Trump’s threats, as tensions escalate following the detention of Venezuela’s Maduro Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Trump says no more Venezuelan oil or money to go to Cuba, pushes for deal
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba and suggested the communist-run island should strike a deal with Washington, ramping up pressure on the longtime U.S. nemesis. CBC | World News
Read More »Cuba discloses names of 32 military officers killed in U.S. action in Venezuela
The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning. CBC | World News
Read More »Uncertainty looms in Cuba after the capture of president of Venezuela, Cuba’s closest ally
Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, Cuba’s closest ally, as residents of the island nation wonder what the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro means for their future. CBC | World News
Read More »After pummelling Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in eastern Cuba
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