Cuba’s Allies Offer ‘Help’ But Pledge No Oil as Fuel Runs Out
Mexico, China, and Russia vowed to provide assistance to the ailing Cuban regime this week — but none offering to provide the oil that the ailing communists desperately seek.

Mexico, China, and Russia vowed to provide assistance to the ailing Cuban regime this week — but none offering to provide the oil that the ailing communists desperately seek.

The Communist Party of Cuba warned airlines operating in the country that it would soon run out of jet fuel, reports revealed on Monday, potentially lasting through the middle of March.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, welcoming his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodríguez, offered China’s support “to the best of our ability.”

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a new license Tuesday authorizing the export and sale of U.S. diluents to Venezuela. Diluents are a key fuel needed to produce exportable crude oil grades in the OPEC country.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that India has not indicated it will stop buying Russian oil, as claimed by President Donald Trump on Monday.

The United States and India reached a trade agreement that will immediately lower American tariffs on Indian goods to 18 percent while opening India’s market to U.S. energy and other products, President Donald Trump announced Monday.

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency over the threats to America posed by Cuba.

A new license granting U.S. oil companies expanded access to operate in Venezuela was issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to be flagging in Africa, as new loans for infrastructure projects are down by over 50 percent – and more money is now flowing from African debtors to Chinese banks than the reverse.

President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the opening of commercial airspace over Venezuela, allowing U.S. citizens to travel to the country soon.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed that her country halted an oil shipment to Cuba slated for the end of this month.

The administration of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Monday announced a 900 percent increase in tariffs on Colombian oil transiting through its pipeline system, the latest move in an escalating trade dispute.

Chinese state-owned oil company PetroChina told its partners not to buy or trade Venezuelan crude oil ever since the U.S. took control of Venezuelan oil exports earlier this month, according to a report published by Reuters on Tuesday.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) stated that, when it comes to Iran, “the generals have told us that, short of sending in a massive number of troops, it will be another Iraq.” Kennedy also

The French armed forces used helicopters to board and capture a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker transiting the Mediterranean on Thursday.

Cuba’s communist Castro regime is seeking oil from Africa to offset the oil it is no longer getting from Venezuela’s socialist regime thanks to President Donald Trump’s campaign pressure, the independent outlet 14 y Medio reported on Monday.

Chinese officials are reportedly seeking assurances that its massive loans to Venezuela will be protected after the fall of Nicolas Maduro.

The United States has completed its first sale of $500 million worth of Venezuelan oil, several outlets reported Thursday citing unnamed government sources.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) argued that President Donald Trump’s decision to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro was the “absolute right move” in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News Saturday.

Denmark provided U.S. forces support as they intercepted an oil tanker for violations of sanctions, a Danish government official confirmed.

Two Chinese oil supertankers on their way to pick up Venezuelan oil made U-turns and headed back to Asia, reports indicate.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Cuba is being cut off from oil and money, and urged the communist-controlled nation to make a deal.

President Donald Trump announced during a meeting with executives of top oil companies that U.S. oil companies will invest $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela’s oil infrastructure.

President Donald Trump meets with the executives of oil and gas companies on Friday, January 9.

Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez met with China’s ambassador to the country, Lan Hu, on Thursday, in an effort to reassure the chavistas’ communist patrons that their prime position in Venezuelan politics would be respected following the arrest of longtime dictator Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump advocated for taking oil as a cost of liberating a country in the chapter “Take The Oil” of his 2011 bestselling book “Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again.”

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in televised remarks on Friday that President Donald Trump would soon be “brought down” by his “arrogance,” even as massive protests against Khamenei and his brutal terrorist regime were raging across Iran.

President Donald Trump will host 17 oil companies at the White House on Friday to discuss investment opportunities to help restore oil infrastructure in Venezuela.

Wednesday’s seizure of a rogue Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic marked a significant escalation of U.S. efforts to shut down the dangerous “shadow fleet” of sanctions-defying invisible ships created by Russia, China, Iran, and other hostile powers – a fleet that poses serious threats to the environment, maritime safety, legitimate global shipping, and the world’s economic security.

Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA announced on Wednesday it is now holding negotiations with the United States for the sale of oil to America.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Venezuela will only purchase “American made products” with the money they receive from the new oil deal.

Oil industry analysts expect China to replace its oil imports from Venezuela with increased purchases of Iranian crude, following the arrest of China’s ally Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces over the weekend.

The Trump administration will sell Venezuelan oil “indefinitely” and control the proceeds, Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced Wednesday, as part of the administration’s broader strategy to manage Venezuela’s oil exports and rebuild its energy sector.

The U.S. on Wednesday seized a rogue Russian-flagged tanker linked to Venezuelan oil in the North Atlantic Sea. British military support was included in the perfectly executed commando-style boarding.

President Donald Trump announced that the “interim authorities” in charge of Venezuela would be giving between 30 and 50 million “Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil” to the United States.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a longtime ally of deposed and incarcerated narco-terrorist dictator Nicolás Maduro, is looking for a role in the crisis currently unfolding in Venezuela – and hoping to protect the investments Turkey made with the corrupt socialist regime.

Ship tracking services detected around a dozen ships identified as loaded oil tankers departing from Venezuela in the first week of 2026, all of them targeted by U.S. sanctions.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday struggled to manage the geopolitical fallout from President Donald Trump’s arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, a major ally of the Chinese Communist regime in South America.

President Donald Trump announced that United States oil companies will “fix” Venezuela’s “badly broken” oil infrastructure after the capture of the country’s former dictator Nicolás Maduro.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” President Donald Trump discussed the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela and stated that he has a good relationship with China’s Xi Jinping, and “there’s not going to be
