Over 100 Cuban Artists Call For International Solidarity
On January 29, President Trump signed an executive order labeling Cuba an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States. The order imposes economic penalties on any country that attempts to deliver oil to the island, which has already been under a US economic and commercial blockade for more than 60 years.
These measures followed a broader US military campaign against Venezuela that further isolated Cuba. The seizure of Venezuelan tankers bound for Cuba as part of a US naval blockade on Venezuelan oil, and the detention of Venezuela’s president and first lady, cut off one of Cuba’s primary fuel providers.