A New U.S. Blockade Is Strangling Cuba
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- Cuba is facing a severe fuel shortage due to what is effectively the first U.S. blockade since the Cuban Missile Crisis, leading to a looming humanitarian crisis and threatening the stability of the Cuban government.
- Cuban tankers have remained mostly docked for months, with oil allies halting shipments and U.S. authorities intercepting fuel shipments attempting to reach the island.
- Recent incidents include a tanker burning fuel en route to Curaçao without unloading and the U.S. Coast Guard intercepting a Colombian fuel tanker near Cuba.
- The Trump administration has not officially declared a blockade but has imposed policies, including tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, which has deterred nations like Mexico from assisting Cuba.
- The U.S. military maintains
