Cuba Pushes Back Against U.S. Government's Dismissal of Punitive Measures
The Cuban government strongly rejected statements made Monday by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in which he claimed that Washington has taken no "punitive measures" against Cuba — despite the blockade in place for more than six decades and the ban on crude oil and fuel exports to the island, imposed under threat of reprisals by President Donald Trump last December.
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In a series of public statements made in early March 2026, President Donald Trump declared that Cuba's government is on the verge of collapse and that his administration is actively working to accelerate that outcome.
In a gathering charged with symbolism and emotion, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, presided over a day of brotherhood this Friday at the Palace of Conventions in Havana with members of the *Nuestra América* Convoy.