Russia He assured this Wednesday that he will continue helping a Cubaafter the arrival of a Russian oil tanker to the island the day before, the first shipment of crude oil since a blockade began almost three months ago oil in fact on the part of USA.
“Cuba is our friend and our closest partner in the Caribbean, we have no right to let it fall and, therefore, our help for Cuba will continue,” declared the spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, María Zajárova, during a press conference.
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Zajárova also denounced the “pressures y threats unprecedented” that States Joined exerts on Cuba.
“We have always helped Cuba, while the United States has always subjected Cuba to a blockade,” he added, referring to the trade embargo imposed in 1962 under the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, with 730 thousand barrels of crude oildocked on Tuesday in the port of Matanzas, east of La Habana.
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This is the first shipment of oil that came to Cuba since January 9, when Mexico delivered a shipment after the overthrow of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
The island is located in a deep crisis energy which has caused blackouts, drastic fuel rationing and the decline of public transportation.
The decision of the American president Donald Trump to allow Russia supply crude oil to Cuba despite the de facto embargo imposed by the United States since the beginning of the year allows it to avoid a direct confrontation with Moscow.
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