US imposes sanctions on Cuban oil and gas company
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Coral Gables-based Vanguard Energy plans to send roughly 250,000 barrels of diesel and gasoline to Cuba every month or 40 days
A Florida company is nearing Cuba's largest US fuel shipment since the Cold War embargo, but 30,000 barrels barely dents the island's 22,000 barrel daily
A young pregnant woman in Havana, Cuba begs for money to buy food for her children as the U.S. embargo causes severe economic hardship.
Trump administration rolls out unprecedented secondary sanctions on Cuba targeting foreign firms doing business with military-linked conglomerate GAESA.
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Opinion: Ticket to regime change in Cuba: End the embargo
The U.S. embargo against Cuba has been a disaster for both countries, and the answer to the problem is ending the embargo and letting capitalism grow in Cuba, rather than military intervention.
Fuel shortages and rolling blackouts have forced Cuba to end its school year ahead of schedule, as Washington tightens economic pressure on Havana and officials warn of worsening conditions across the island.
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Russia has promised to provide “active support” to Cuba as the U.S. seeks to tighten its economic grip on the island’s communist government. “We reaffirm our full solidarity with Cuba,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said during a briefing on Thursday,
Many of Cuba's iconic gas-guzzling antique cars sit idle, a symbol of the island's ongoing fuel crisis. Since January, the U.S. blockade has starved the island of fuel.