US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring a national emergency, calling the actions of Cuba's communist regime an "extraordinary threat" to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The main mechanism of pressure will be a new system of tariffs aimed at countries that continue to support Havana with energy resources. This is stated on the White House website, writes UNN.
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The key innovation of the decree is to grant powers to the US Departments of Commerce and Treasury to impose additional tariffs on goods from any countries that directly or indirectly supply oil to Cuba.
This step is a continuation of the White House's strategy after the operation to remove Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, which has already led to a critical reduction in fuel supplies to the island. Trump stressed that the Havana regime continues to harbor terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, and also hosts Russian intelligence facilities on its territory.
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We will no longer allow Cuba's communist regime to prosper at the expense of destabilizing the region and cooperating with our enemies. Any country that helps Havana circumvent sanctions by supplying oil will feel the full force of American tariffs.
Humanitarian pressure and Washington's demands
The state of emergency was introduced against the backdrop of a deep economic crisis in Cuba, where mass power outages and food shortages began due to fuel shortages. Donald Trump openly called on the Iranian and Cuban authorities to "make a deal before it's too late," hinting at the possibility of even tougher measures if democratic reforms are rejected.
Official Washington insists on the release of political prisoners, ensuring freedom of the press, and ending military cooperation with US opponents in the Western Hemisphere.