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Canada Prepares Aid Package for Cuba as It Faces Fuel Shortages Worsened by US Oil Embargo
Canada plans aid to help Cuba amid blackouts and fuel shortages worsened by U.S. embargo, with Cuba producing only 40% of its fuel needs, officials said.
- On Monday, Canada announced it is preparing an aid package for Cuba amid blackouts and fuel shortages worsened by a U.S. oil embargo.
- In recent weeks, halted shipments from Venezuela and Mexico's suspension under U.S. pressure deepened Cuba's shortages, which worsen because it produces only 40% of required fuel.
- Humanitarian deliveries arrived even as the energy crisis triggered transport disruptions: two Mexican Navy ships docked earlier this month with about 800 tons of goods and 1,500 tons of powdered milk and beans, while Air Canada and other airlines canceled flights.
- Canada would join Mexico in providing aid to Cuba, and Global Affairs Canada notes Canada is Cuba's second-largest direct investor, especially in mining and tourism sectors.
- Geopolitical pressure has deepened Cuba's vulnerabilities amid regional aid efforts, as intensified U.S. sanctions since 2020 have compounded the crisis in recent weeks despite Russia and China condemning the U.S. measures with largely symbolic support.
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The U.S. government is trying to strangle Cuba economically and politically through an embargo, which costs lives, Mithu Sanyal knows.
Geneva. Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, yesterday denounced the “dictatorship” imposed by the United States on a global scale to “destroy” the order that emerged after the Second World War and whipped up the “collective punishment” of the Cuban people that represents the oil blockade imposed by Washington, during his address to the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva.
Canada has said it plans to provide aid to Cuba as the island struggles with a fuel shortage after Washington took steps to cut off oil supplies.
Canada's foreign ministry announced on Monday that it is preparing aid for Cuba, a country struggling with fuel shortages after the United States cut off its oil supplies in an effort to bring down the communist regime there.
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