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US President Donald Trump has issued one of his strongest warnings yet to Cuba, signalling a sharp escalation in Washington\u2019s posture toward Havana as the United States moves to choke off the island\u2019s economic lifeline from Venezuela.\u00a0<\/p>
In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, Trump declared that Cuba would no longer receive Venezuelan oil or financial support, urging the Cuban leadership to \u201cmake a deal\u201d with the United States before facing unspecified consequences.\u00a0<\/p>
\u201cTHERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA \u2013 ZERO!\u201d Trump wrote, adding, \u201cI strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>
Targeting Havana\u2019s Venezuela Dependence\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> Trump\u2019s remarks appear aimed squarely at Cuba\u2019s long-standing reliance on subsidised Venezuelan oil, a relationship that has sustained the Cuban economy for years despite US sanctions. According to the president, Havana\u2019s support for Caracas went beyond ideology, alleging that Cuba provided \u201csecurity services\u201d to Venezuela\u2019s leadership in exchange for energy and financial aid.\u00a0<\/p> \u201cCuba lived for many years while getting large amounts of money and oil from Venezuela,\u201d Trump said, asserting that this arrangement had now come to an end.\u00a0<\/p> The warning follows aggressive US moves against Venezuela in recent weeks, including tightened sanctions, seizures of oil shipments and a\u00a0military operation that resulted in the capture of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.\u00a0<\/p> Rubio signals broader pressure\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a longtime hardliner on both Cuba and Venezuela, reinforced the message with a thinly veiled warning that developments in Caracas could have implications elsewhere in the region.\u00a0<\/p> \u201cIf I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I\u2019d be concerned at least a little bit,\u201d Rubio said earlier after the US operation on Venezuela, suggesting that the precedent set in Venezuela could extend beyond its borders.\u00a0<\/p> Trump, speaking at a press conference, described Cuba as \u201can interesting case\u201d and portrayed the country as being in deep economic distress. \u201cThat system has not been\u00a0a very good\u00a0one for Cuba. The people there have suffered for many, many years,\u201d he said, adding that the United States\u00a0ultimately wanted\u00a0to \u201chelp the people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> Havana pushes back\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel had responded sharply, condemning the US operation in Venezuela as criminal and destabilising. Addressing thousands at a mass rally in Havana, he rejected Washington\u2019s framing of the raid as a law-enforcement action.\u00a0<\/p> \u201cLatin America is not the backyard where the United States does as it pleases,\u201d D\u00edaz-Canel declared, accusing Washington of undermining regional stability.\u00a0<\/p> The Cuban leader described the early-morning assault on Venezuela as \u201ccowardly, criminal, and treacherous,\u201d and demanded proof of life for Maduro following reports of his transfer to US custody. He dismissed US claims linking the operation to narcotics trafficking, arguing that no evidence had been presented.\u00a0<\/p> Instead, D\u00edaz-Canel accused Washington of pursuing Venezuela\u2019s vast oil reserves through what he called an act of \u201cstate terrorism,\u201d drawing a controversial comparison to Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p> The exchange underscores rising tensions across the Americas as the Trump administration moves to reshape regional dynamics through economic pressure and military force. The United States has a long history of intervention in Latin America, a legacy that continues to shape reactions in Havana and beyond.<\/p> <\/div> Donald Trump Cuba warning, US Cuba relations, Venezuela oil Cuba, Trump Truth Social Cuba, Marco Rubio Cuba Venezuela, US Venezuela military operation, Cuba reaction US sanctions, Latin America geopolitics, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro capture, US foreign policy America#039Before #late039 #Trump #escalates #pressure #Cuba #039make #deal039 #Venezuela #operation1768140251<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" US President Donald Trump has issued one of his strongest warnings yet to Cuba, signalling a sharp escalation in Washington\u2019s posture toward Havana as the United States moves to choke off the island\u2019s economic lifeline from Venezuela.\u00a0 In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, Trump declared that Cuba would no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1543,1548,1547,1539,1549,1533,1545,1544,1540,1537,1541,1550,1546,378,1536,1534,1542,1538,990,1535],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-039before","tag-039make","tag-cuba","tag-cuba-reaction-us-sanctions","tag-deal039","tag-donald-trump-cuba-warning","tag-escalates","tag-late039","tag-latin-america-geopolitics","tag-marco-rubio-cuba-venezuela","tag-nicolas-maduro-capture","tag-operation","tag-pressure","tag-trump","tag-trump-truth-social-cuba","tag-us-cuba-relations","tag-us-foreign-policy-america","tag-us-venezuela-military-operation","tag-venezuela","tag-venezuela-oil-cuba"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}