That’s the Night That the Lights Went Out in Cuba? Mexico Cuts Oil Shipment.

Since the Donald Trump administration cut off Cuba’s long-time oil sugar daddy, Venezuela, the Cuban regime has been in a bit of a panic, and the country’s infrastructure is deteriorating faster than it already was. It sounds like it’s about to get a lot worse. 

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As Venezuela’s handouts have dwindled in recent years due to its own economic crisis and the collapse of PDVSA, its state-run oil company, Mexico began sending oil to Cuba in 2023. Last year, Mexico actually became Cuba’s largest oil supplier, but it was only supplying a fraction of what the country needs to stay afloat. Narco-President Claudia Sheinbaum called it a humanitarian gesture, but the United States has been applying more and more pressure, trying to get