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US raises pressure on Cuba as it sanctions President Diaz-Canel The United States has imposed
Cuba’s most lucrative industry – has plummeted.  Former Cuban president Raúl Castro (centre
President Miguel Diaz-Canel, however, described the 1996 shootdown as an act of “legitimate self-defence”. He added that the US “knows full well — for there is abundant documentary evidence — that no reckless actions were
Diaz-Canel wrote, likening Cuba’s situation to “genocide”. While Trump has sought to check China’s growing influence on Latin America, Cuba has increasingly relied on the Asian superpower for assistance. Already, China
president, [Miguel Diaz-Canel](/news/2026/6/5/us-raises-pressure-on-cuba-as-it-sanctions-president-diaz-canel), as well as members of his family. The sanctions are designed to penalise those “responsible for repression” in Cuba, an island whose communist government has been accused of stifling dissent
President Miguel Diaz-Canel [blamed](https://x.com/DiazCanelB/status/2054622454618710170) the worsening crisis on US sanctions. “The situation of the National Electric System has become particularly tense in recent days,” Diaz-Canel said in a statement
sanctions if they deliver oil to Cuba, leading to fuel shortages and energy blackouts. The campaign against Cuba’s government follows similar pressure tactics against Venezuela’s former President Nicolas Maduro, who was abducted
President Raul Castro over the 1996 downing of an activist plane. Diaz-Canel denounced the charges, however, as an effort to “justify the folly of a military aggression”. Critics also point to the buildup
President Diaz-Canel had [said he was open to](/news/2026/5/14/cubas-diaz-canel-open-to-us-aid-amid-worsening-fuel-crisis-blackouts). But the US secretary of state did not acknowledge that the country’s economic crisis was in good measure a result of the decades-long
sanctions on the island and mused about taking it over.  Blackouts are now a regular occurrence in Havana. Photograph: Yamil
Diaz-Canel said, in reference to the US. “The threat itself already constitutes an international crime. If it were to materialise, it would trigger a bloodbath with incalculable consequences, plus the destructive impact on regional
US officials on island, wants energy blockade lifted ![Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, center, attends a celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Revolution socialist, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April