Cuba has survived 66 years of US-led embargoes. Will Trump’s blockade break it now?

After toppling Venezuela s leader earlier this year, the Trump administration has turned its sights on Cuba. The near total blockade of the island is now posing the greatest challenge to the government since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. Cuba is quickly running out of oil, creating a dire political and economic crisis for the island s 11 million residents. US President Donald Trump s embargo has prevented any oil tankers from reaching the island for months. A ship carrying Russian fuel is

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Cuba has survived 66 years of US-led embargoes. Will Trump’s blockade break it now?

After toppling Venezuela s leader earlier this year, the Trump administration has turned its sights on Cuba. The near total blockade of the island is now posing the greatest challenge to the government since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. Cuba is quickly running out of oil, creating a dire political and economic crisis for the island s 11 million residents. US President Donald Trump s embargo has prevented any oil tankers from reaching the island for months. A ship carrying Russian fuel is

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