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US hits Cuba with new sanctions as crises multiply
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Key Points:
- The U.S. government imposed new sanctions on Cuba targeting Fidel Ernesto Castro and the Oil Industry Supply Import Company (Abapet) to worsen Cuba's energy crisis by disrupting critical equipment imports.
- These sanctions aim to deepen Cuba’s economic struggles and push the government into a humanitarian crisis, with U.S. officials hoping to pressure regime change.
- Cuba’s government condemned the sanctions as collective punishment and a continuation of a harmful blockade, blaming the U.S. for the island’s worsening energy shortages and economic hardships.
- Energy outages in Cuba have intensified, with daily blackouts exceeding 24 hours due to an aging power grid and dwindling fuel supplies exacerbated by U.S. threats against countries supplying oil to Cuba.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the Cuban regime of corruption and illicit activities, asserting that the sanctions target the Castro family's financial network and reaffirming a commitment to Cuba’s political freedom.
