US EditionTrump Says 'Cuba Will Be Failing Pretty Soon'
Trump claims Venezuela has ceased sending oil and money to Cuba and vows to block remaining supplies, pushing Cuba toward economic collapse, officials said.
- President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that `Cuba will be failing pretty soon. Cuba is really a nation that's very close to failing`, adding Venezuela has not recently sent oil or money to Cuba.
- Emboldened by a U.S. military operation earlier this month that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump said Washington will `run` Venezuela under interim leader Delcy Rodriguez.
- President Donald Trump vowed to stop oil and money from longtime backer Venezuela reaching Cuba, while Cuba's president said this month Washington had no moral authority to force a deal and human rights experts called the U.S. approach imperialist.
- The U.N. human rights office said the U.S. military raid that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month violated international law.
- Trump signalled a wider regional strategy by vowing to halt Venezuelan oil and money to Cuba, positioning the U.S. to pressure Havana as Delcy Rodriguez governs Venezuela under U.S. oversight.
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Trump claims that Cuba faces a crisis due to the lack of Venezuelan oil following the capture of Nicolás Maduro and his wife in November.
After the capture of the dictator Nicolás Maduro Venezuela stopped supplying oil to the communist dictatorship of Cuba
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that "Cuba will fall very soon." "Cuba will fall very soon. Cuba is a nation that is very close to falling. They were getting their money from Venezuela. They were getting their oil from Venezuela. And they are no longer getting it." The U.S. government has increased the pressure against the island, and it was even reported that Mexico, which was the first oil supplier for Cuba, suspended th…
Cuba is on the verge of collapse, according to US President Donald Trump. Evan Vucci/AP/dpa US President Donald Trump (Republican) has declared that socialist Cuba is on the verge of collapse. During a visit to the US state of Iowa, he cited the end of financial and oil support from Venezuela as the reason. The US is massively increasing pressure on the communist government in Havana. Trump said: "Cuba is really a nation on the verge of collapse…
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said Tuesday that the Cuban dictatorship "is about to fall" because it does not receive oil from Venezuela since Nicolás Maduro was captured and extracted from power. "Cuba is about to fall. Cuba is a nation that is very close to collapse," he told the press before holding a rally in Iowa. EFE Trump's entry says that the Cuban dictatorship "is about to fall" because it no longer receives oil from…
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