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Cuba Faces Oil Crisis Amid U.S. Sanctions, Leaders Condemn

3/22/2026

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The Anatoly Kolodkin carries 730,000 barrels of crude to Cuba, due by March 23.
The Sea Horse carries 200,000 barrels of diesel, arriving soon after.
Venezuela's oil supplies are lost.
Mexico's cut-off worsens Cuba's economic outlook.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez condemn U.S. actions as attempts to undermine Cuban sovereignty.

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The Anatoly Kolodkin carries 730,000 barrels of crude to Cuba, due by March 23.
The Sea Horse carries 200,000 barrels of diesel, arriving soon after.
Venezuela's oil supplies are lost.
Mexico's cut-off worsens Cuba's economic outlook.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez condemn U.S. actions as attempts to undermine Cuban sovereignty.