Trump declares emergency to cut oil shipments to Cuba, threatens tariffs

On Thursday, President Trump declared a "national emergency" over what he called an "unusual and extraordinary threat" by Cuba and moved to cut off oil shipments to the island, warning he might impose additional tariffs on countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba. Mr. Trump said Cuba had engaged in hostile actions, including allowing Russia to spy from its territory and "welcoming" nations and groups such as Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah; the article notes that Mr.

Trump did not provide evidence for those claims. The announcement comes as Cuba faces severe oil shortages after Venezuela stopped sending tankers following the U.S. extraction of its leader. The last shipment of oil to Cuba, from Mexico, arrived on Jan. 9, an analyst, Jorge Piñon of the University of Texas, said, and Mr.

Piñon said Mexican deliveries stopped in early January. Mexico has supplied oil to Cuba in exchange for medical services; President Claudia Sheinbaum said new U.S. tariffs would set off "a humanitarian crisis of great scope'' in Cuba and instructed Mexico’s foreign secretary to contact the U.S.

State Department to clarify the decree. She said Mexico would explore alternative ways to provide humanitarian support. The Cuban government called the decree "economic genocide." Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, condemned a "total blockade on Cuba’s fuel" and wrote on X that the U.S.

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