Links to SEVEN reports: from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, National Public Radio, the Cradle, Common Dreams, and Drop Site News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (This is the first CUBA entry. Scroll down for UKRAINE, IRAN and VENEZUELA.) — MCM
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2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as U.S. blockade sparks energy crisis, by Andrea Rodríguez | AP HAVANA — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba today — two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country selling or providing oil to Cuba. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE and HERE for report from AFP / AFP in English and French. Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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FROM FEB. 10 Cuban fuel shortage: U.S. blockade of oil grounds flights in Cuba. Reported by Eyder Peralta | NPR Cuba’s fuel shortage hits during peak tourist season, grounding flights as the Trump administration’s pressure tightens the island’s oil supplies. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM FEB. 10 Rubio ‘deliberately’ lies about Cuba talks in push for regime change: report. From the Cradle. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has falsely informed President Donald Trump that “high-level” negotiations are taking place between Washington and Havana – despite no such talks existing, Drop Site News reported on Monday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 11 What the U.S. blockade is doing to Cubans, by Medea Benjamin | Common Dreams The only way Cubans are surviving this siege is because they help one another. They trade rice for coffee with neighbors. They improvise—no hay, pero se resuelve (we don’t have much, but we make it work). READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 9 Cuba grapples with hardened U.S. blockade, by José Luis Granados Ceja | Drop Site News MEXICO CITY — Washington’s effort to forcibly compel other countries to join its internationally condemned blockade threatens to further squeeze a population that is already experiencing enormous strain due to U.S. sanctions. READ MORE . . .
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