Cuba open to talks with US ‘without pressure’ after months of Trump threats
By Ruaridh Nicoll
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/trump-cuba-us-talks?CMP=share_btn_url
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U.S. Blockade of Oil to Cuba Threatens Sovereignty of All Nations
Statement by Isaac Saney
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/03/u-s-blockade-of-oil-to-cuba-threatens-sovereignty-of-all-nations/
from #WorldOutlook
February 3, 2026
#IsaacSaney is a Cuba specialist who coordinates the Black and African Diaspora Studies program at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. With roots in the African Nova Scotia community and the #Caribbean, his teaching, research, and scholarship encompass Cuba, #Africa, the Caribbean, #BlackCanadian history, the global #BlackLiberation struggle, and reparations. A major area of his research is Cuba’s relationship with Africa.
In response to the latest escalation of Washington’s economic war on #Cuba, Saney issued a statement that first appeared on January 30 on his Facebook page. It was subsequently published by the Cuban #news service Radio Rebelde (Rebel Radio).
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Over the last month, the U.S. government has intensified its decades-long aggression against Cuba. Oil shipments to the island from Venezuela have been cut off since Washington’s January 3, 2026, attack on that country. On January 22, the Trump administration threatened a full naval blockade of the island nation. And on January 29, Trump signed an executive order labeling Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States and declaring that Washington will impose punitive tariffs on any country trading oil with Cuba. In a statement published here, Isaac Saney, a Cuba specialist and Black studies professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, takes apart Trump's latest imperial edict.
Video - Jazz Plaza: Cuba’s World-Famous Festival Begins
https://peertube.world/w/8UYgjkU1HoUFu4pYWSHKpQ
[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
#Cuba’s legendary #Jazz Plaza festival expands outside Havana this year, bringing musicians from the #US and around the world to the island. More than just #music, it’s about resilience and resistance.
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Cuba on the brink as Trump turns up the pressure: ‘There is going to be a real blockade’
Country is already suffering acute fuel shortage; experts say complete cutoff will be ‘catastrophic’ to its infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/01/cuba-fuel-shortage-trump-tariffs
from #TheGuardian
Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
Sun 1 Feb 2026 08.00 EST
In a social media post on Friday, #Cuba’s president, #MiguelDíazCanel, accused #Trump of trying to stifle the island, writing: “Under a false and baseless pretext … President Trump intends to suffocate the Cuban economy by imposing tariffs on countries that sovereignly trade oil with Cuba.”
Help does not seem to be on the way. A shipment due to arrive from #Mexico has been cancelled – a “sovereign decision” according to that country’s president, #ClaudiaSheinbaum, despite clear pressure from Washington.
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Video - Is Cuba a safe haven for Hamas and Hezbollah?
https://peertube.world/w/jzYwn9TCTuG2yGmoipHJGm
[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
Donald #Trump made several allegations against #Cuba as he enacted an executive order blocking #oil shipments to the island on Thursday, but one took Cubans completely by surprise. His claim that Cuba acts as a safe haven for #Hamas and #Hezbollah has been dismissed as complete nonsense by Cubans, just one in a “long list of lies” says the #Cuban government.
There are, in fact, hundreds of #Palestinians in Cuba, but they’re here training to be #doctors, alongside #medical students from over 100 countries at the Latin American School of Medicine.
We asked them what they thought of Trump’s claims.
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Video - How Do Cubans Feel About Trump’s Oil Blockade?
https://peertube.world/w/uwzxfccZdnmeGtKWcHmeFE
[from the #news collective #bellyofthebeast]
Donald #Trump’s latest executive order allows the #US to impose additional tariffs on countries that ship #oil to #Cuba, deepening the economic siege on the island.
The result isn’t abstract policy. It’s collective punishment: blackouts, long gas lines, delayed medical care and families struggling to get through the day.
We’re in #Havana asking Cubans about the new measures and about what life looks like when fuel, electricity and transportation begin to disappear.
Cuba has already been suffering increasing fuel shortages since the US blocked all oil going to the island from Venezuela. In recent weeks, power outages in Havana have increased.
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#Mexico president says Trump tariffs on Cuba’s oil suppliers could trigger humanitarian crisis
Island country only has oil enough to last 15-20 days, and 12-hour blackouts have become commonplace
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/30/mexico-sheinbaum-trump-tariffs-cuba-oil-crisis
from #TheGuardian
Thomas Graham in Tijuana and Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana
Fri 30 Jan 2026 13.08 EST
#Sheinbaum’s comments came after a week of increasing threats from Washington. US officials briefed that gunboats could be deployed off #Cuba, and said efforts were under way to find Cuban ministers prepared to collaborate with the US.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mike Hammer, the #US chargé d’affaires in Havana, said: “The Cubans have complained for years about a ‘blockade’, but now there is going to be a real blockade.”
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
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#Video - Cuba’s March of the Torches Honoring José Martí
https://peertube.world/w/hmgdS4vKGBaFJfEsYwLGsM
[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
The annual March of the Torches is a student tradition celebrated in Cuba on January 27, the eve of the birth of #JoséMartí, #Cuba’s national hero. Thousands gathered on the steps of the University of Havana, carrying handmade torches, calling for a rejection of #US #imperialism.
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba
The White House
January 29, 2026
[This puts even more pressure on #Mexico. I hope that #Russia and #China step up and send #oil to #Cuba.]
CONFRONTING THE CUBAN REGIME: Today, President Donald J. #Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency and establishing a process to impose tariffs on goods from countries that sell or otherwise provide oil to Cuba, protecting U.S. national security and foreign policy from the Cuban regime’s malign actions and policies.
The Order imposes a new tariff system that allows the United States to impose additional tariffs on imports from any country that directly or indirectly provides oil to Cuba.
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
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#Video - Mexico Defends Cuba Oil Shipments as Humanitarian Aid
https://peertube.world/w/gZEkh2Vm5cRRNCBpDSbWdB
[from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
After headlines suggested #Mexico had suspended oil shipments to #Cuba, President #ClaudiaSheinbaum stepped in once again to clarify what actually happened.
Sheinbaum explained that #oil from Mexico reaches Cuba through two paths: contracts managed by state-owned oil corporation #Pemex, and humanitarian aid decided directly by the Mexican government. Neither, she said, has been halted.
The confusion comes at a critical moment for Cuba, as #US sanctions tighten and fuel shortages deepen. Sheinbaum emphasized again that humanitarian aid is a sovereign decision and will continue.
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