ABC de España
El aumento de la presión de Estados Unidos contra el régimen de Nicolás Maduro ha provocado tanto la estampida de buques petroquímicos como de los navíos del régimen cubano, que evitan navegar a la nación caribeña para evitar confiscaciones. Por ABC de España Así lo confirmó al medio independiente ‘Diario de Cuba’ Jorge Piñón, investigador […]
TL;DR
- US pressure on the Nicolás Maduro regime has caused Cuban ships to avoid the Caribbean to prevent confiscations.
- The US seized the Venezuelan oil tanker Skipper, which was transporting Venezuelan crude to Cuba.
- The seized ship was part of an illicit oil transportation network supporting foreign terrorist organizations.
- Four supertankers changed course to Venezuela after the Skipper's seizure.
- Cubametales, a Cuban state-owned company, is sanctioned for importing oil from Venezuela and providing support to the Maduro regime.
- Two ships from Mexico carrying 80,000 barrels of fuel will arrive in Cuba to help with the ongoing blackout crisis.
- Cuba depends heavily on Venezuelan crude, and Venezuela's exports are nearly paralyzed due to US pressure.
- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) has been asked to help Cuba with its electrical collapse.