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26.02.26 - 22:36
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US Treasury To Allow Resale Of Venezuelan Oil To Cuba to Ease Island′s Fuel Crunch (ZeroHedge)
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US Treasury To Allow Resale Of Venezuelan Oil To Cuba to Ease Island's Fuel Crunch
Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced a new licensing policy to streamline the resale of Venezuelan oil to Cuba, with the goal of supporting the island's private sector and bolstering humanitarian efforts amid ongoing fuel crises.
The refinery El Palito in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela, on Jan. 22, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images
The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) will extend the new licensing policy to specific applications seeking authorization for the resale of Venezuelan oil for use in Cuba.
The move was done “in accordance with the United States' support and solidarity for the Cuban people,” reads the new policy.
The policy does not cover entities or persons connected to the Cuban military, intelligence services, or other government institutions, including entities on the U.S. State Departmen...
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25.02.26 - 23:24
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USA wollen Öl-Sanktionen gegen Kuba lockern (DPA-AFX)
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WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Die US-Ölblockade gegen Kuba hat zu einem akuten Versorgungsengpass in dem Karibikstaat geführt - nun will die US-Regierung den Verkauf von venezolanischem Öl an das kubanische Volk sowie an die ......
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12.02.26 - 21:06
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Russia To Send Oil To Cuba Amid US-Imposed Blockade (ZeroHedge)
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Russia To Send Oil To Cuba Amid US-Imposed Blockade
Russia is preparing to rush urgently needed oil to Cuba under what officials describe as a "humanitarian" arrangement, according to a report Thursday by the pro-government newspaper Izvestia.
The Russian Embassy in Havana told Izvestia that "as far as we know, Russia is expected to supply oil and petroleum products to Cuba as humanitarian aid in the near future" - amid the island's worst energy crunch in years.
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After decades of already crippling sanctions, President Trump's latest Executive 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."
The most devastating move has been to block the ability of the post-Maduro Venezuelan government to send supplies to Cuba. Caracas was Cuba's chief oil supplier.
Key airlines have stopped flights into Havana's main international airport for ...
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12.02.26 - 11:12
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Moscow preparing to evacuate Russian tourists from Cuba amid US oil blockade (The Guardian)
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Cuban aviation authorities have warned country is running out of jet fuel, threatening to derail tourism industryAir Canada cancels all flights to Cuba as US oil blockade cuts off fuel accessMoscow has said it is planning to evacuate Russian tourists from Cuba within days as a fuel crisis triggered by US efforts to choke off the island's oil supplies deepens.Russia's aviation authorities said on Wednesday that two of its airlines serving the Caribbean island would operate outbound-only flights to bring tourists home before suspending services. Continue reading......
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