Trump escalated his offensive against the Cuban Revolution, the paper added, by announcing punitive tariffs on any country that sells oil to the island, justifying the intensified political and economic offensive as a necessary action to protect “national security” against what he called the island’s “malign influence” in the hemisphere.

Pagina12 echoed the strong condemnation from Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who declared last night: “We condemn in the strongest terms the new escalation by the US against Cuba. Now they propose to impose a total blockade on fuel supplies to our country,” he emphasized.

Rodriguez stated that the executive order signed by President Donald Trump seeks to “subject the entire population on the island to extreme living conditions.”

Pagina12 criticizes Trump for persisting in strangling Cuba, and for establishing a new tariff system with his executive order that penalizes imports from nations that supply crude oil to Cuba, whether directly or indirectly.

The newspaper remembers that Trump said Cuba is “on the verge of collapse” and that his administration seeks to cut off the vital energy supply the country received, primarily from Venezuela, since in his opinion the island cannot survive without that oil supply.

Reviewing Washington’s economic aggression against Havana, the publication adds that the White House’s new measures come on top of the travel restrictions imposed in mid-2025 and the designation of Cuba as a suspected state sponsor of terrorism.

“With this new energy blockade, Trump administration seeks to force a change of government by taking advantage of the economic fragility the island is experiencing,” Pagina12 warns.

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