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Trump reverses course on Cuban oil blockade, allows Russian tanker to pass
The U.S. reversed its oil blockade, allowing the Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin to deliver 730,000 barrels of crude, easing Cuba's energy crisis after three months without oil imports.
- On Monday, the US administration allowed the sanctioned Russian-flagged tanker Anatoly Kolodkin to proceed to Cuba, marking a rare pause in Washington's de facto fuel blockade of the energy-starved island.
- Washington's fuel blockade intensified after the January 3 capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, which cut off Cuba's primary oil supplier and triggered severe fuel rationing, blackouts, and nationwide shortages across the island.
- Carrying approximately 730,000 barrels of crude, the tanker is expected to reach Matanzas by Tuesday, with energy analyst Jorge Piñón estimating the cargo could yield 250,000 barrels of diesel—enough to cover about 12.5 days of demand.
- President Donald Trump stated he has "no problem" with the delivery, telling reporters, "the people need heat and cooling," while maintaining the shipment will not fundamentally alter Cuba's deteriorating energy crisis.
- Analysts warn the shipment offers only temporary relief, not a permanent solution, as the administration continues pressuring Cuba's government while managing geopolitical implications of the vessel's arrival off Florida's coast.
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Either Donald Trump became complacent, or took pity on Cuba and is making a humanitarian gesture.On Monday, Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin arrived at the port of Matanzas, in Cuba, in what means the first time in three months that he arrives raw on the island, in the midst of a blockade maintained by the United States fleet, with a view to drowning and forcing the collapse of the Havana regime. Anatoly Kolodkin loaded oil in the Russian por…
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Cubans ready for Russian oil but some say not enough
Cubans on Monday cautiously welcomed the imminent arrival of a Russian oil shipment, with some warning it would do little to ease an energy crisis after US President Donald Trump granted a reprieve from his oil blockade.
The White House spokesman said the U.S. allowed a Russian oil tanker to arrive in Cuba for "humanitarian reasons."
A Russian tanker with 730,000 barrels of oil has arrived in Cuba.
US allows Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba
What happenedThe U.S. is allowing a sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet” tanker to deliver oil to Cuba, President Donald Trump said Sunday, effectively breaking his de facto blockade. “If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem with that, whether it’s Russia or not,” he told reporters on Air Force One. Who said whatTrump’s administration has gone after Cuba “more aggressively than any U.S. government in recent histor…
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