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Caribbean socialist state under US embargo; navigating bifurcated Trump policy while grid crises ease unevenly.

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#413 May

Produced 40,000 bbl/day domestically against 90,000-110,000 bbl/day demand

Cuba Dispatch: Minister: Venezuelan oil cut since November 2025
#35 May

Experienced grid relapse reversing partial April recovery

Cuba Dispatch: Guiteras fails again, deficit hits 1,680 MW
#31 May

Became subject of new targeted-sanctions framework covering officials and relatives

Cuba Dispatch: Trump pulls relatives into Cuba sanctions
#224 Apr

Allowed deadline to lapse without releasing named dissidents

Cuba Dispatch: US dissident-release deadline lapsed without action
#216 Apr
#114 Apr

Cited by Rodríguez Parrilla as having full right to trade fuel with any country

Cuba Dispatch: Havana accuses US of extraterritorial coercion
#114 Apr
Reported on byCFCTE Felton
out of service contributing to grid crisis in
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#114 Apr
Reported on byCECTE Ernesto Guevara
out of service contributing to grid crisis in
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#114 Apr
Reported on byCACTE Antonio Maceo
out of service contributing to grid crisis in
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#17 Apr

Reported on the CADECA announcement and informal transfer context

Cuba Dispatch: CADECA opens cash dollar remittance windows
#16 Apr
Priced byCCADECA
opened cash dollar remittance acceptance for
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#16 Apr
Published byOOCDH
documented repressive actions in
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#16 Apr
Published byPDPrisoners Defenders
documented political prisoner count in
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#131 Mar

Received approximately 730,000 barrels of Russian crude oil at Havana

Cuba Dispatch: Russian tanker lands 730,000 barrels at Havana
#131 Mar
Funded byUUNICEF
providing humanitarian assistance to
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#131 Mar
assessed acute humanitarian crisis in
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#130 Mar
Criticised byDTDonald Trump
dismissed prospects of
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#130 Mar
Supplied byRRussia
supplied oil in defiance of us sanctions to
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#130 Mar
Stated bySTSergei Tsivilyov
pledged continued oil support to
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#130 Mar
Supplied byAKAnatoly Kolodkin
delivered crude oil to
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#125 Mar

Received narrow private-sector carve-in while state entities remained blocked

Cuba Dispatch: US opens Venezuela oil to Cuba's private sector
#125 Mar
Authorised byUTUS Treasury
issued narrow licence permitting private sector sales to
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#125 Mar
Sanctioned byTATrump administration
targeted state apparatus of
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#118 Mar

Carved out alongside Russia, Iran, North Korea from Venezuelan oil authorisation

Cuba Dispatch: Treasury carves Cuba out of Venezuela oil easing
#118 Mar
Withdrew from byPPDVSA
prohibited from supplying
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#118 Mar
Sanctioned byUTUS Treasury
maintained sanctions carve out against
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#113 Mar

Announced more than 2,000 prisoners freed by 3 April

Cuba Dispatch: Díaz-Canel pledges 51 prisoners as talks open
#113 Mar
Mediated byHSHoly See
mediated talks involving
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#112 Feb

Identified as subject of collective punishment via fuel restrictions

Cuba Dispatch: UN experts call EO 14380 collective punishment
#129 Jan

Designated subject of a declared national emergency under EO 14380

Cuba Dispatch: Trump signs EO 14380 declaring Cuba emergency
#129 Jan
Sanctioned byDTDonald Trump
declared national emergency over
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#128 Jan
Captured114ymedio
detained director of
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#11 Feb
Withdrew from byWUWestern Union
suspended transfers to
Cuba Dispatch · source event