Inside Trump plan to save Cuba's economy and win control
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America’s pressure campaign on Cuba is pushing the country to the breaking point, with President Trump and Republicans in Congress predicting the communist regime’s imminent fall. A major blackout
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in the Caribbean country dwindle.
How Cuban Americans in South Florida view the ongoing Trump negotiations depends on many factors, including how long they have lived in the U.S. and whether they still have family in Cuba.
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Cuba’s economy on edge: Fuel shortages and rising hardship
Havana’s streets have changed as a US fuel blockade restricts the movements of vehicles and people and hits businesses.
We cut off all oil, all money, or we cut off everything coming in from Venezuela, which was the sole source. And they want to make a deal,” Trump told POLITICO.
For decades, Washington has pressured Havana to open its economy to private investment. Those calls grew more urgent in recent weeks as the US oil blockade pushed Cuba’s economy into a tailspin. Now,
"They want to make a deal so badly," the president said on Friday. "So I'm going to put Marco [Rubio] over there."
A US pressure campaign, including an oil blockade, has strained the Caribbean country’s ageing energy infrastructure.