Cuba says Rubio lying about oil blockade
- 06-May-2026
HAVANA, Cuba: Cuba on Tuesday accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of lying when he denied that the United States was carrying out an oil blockade on Cuba. Cuba has been suffering from an energy crisis since January, when US forces seized Venezuela president and Cuban ally Nicolas Maduro and Washington threatened tariffs on […]
Venezuela reacts defiantly to US oil blockade, claims exports unaffected
- 18-Dec-2025
CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuela struck a defiant note Wednesday, insisting its crude oil exports were not impacted by US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a potentially crippling blockade. Trump’s declaration on Tuesday marked a new escalation in his months-long campaign of military and economic pressure on Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela, which has the world’s […]