Throughout Cuba, fuel shortages, blackouts, and food scarcity have become the norm. Since the US intervention in Venezuela in January, the oil lifeline into Cuba has all but dried up. Trump is now claiming that Cuba is on the brink of collapse. As the war in Iran rages on unabated – is this American neighbour his next target?
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Further reading: Cubans await Trump’s next move: ‘Would the Americans bomb us?’
Further listening: Drugs, oil and power: what Trump is doing with Venezuela
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