Loading ...Two shipments of Russian oil and gas head to Cuba in defiance of US – Financial Times
First cargo on course to arrive on Monday as Donald Trump taunts communist island while administration engages in talks
If the ships arrive, they will be Cuba’s first energy shipments in three months. The island was plunged into a nationwide blackout when its entire grid collapsed on Monday before gradually regaining power on Tuesday, deepening a bitter economic crisis.
Earlier this week, Trump predicted he would “have the honour of taking Cuba in some form”, having previously floated a “friendly takeover” of the Caribbean nation. “Whether I free it, take it, I think I could do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday. “They are a very weakened nation right now.”