Joe Garcia

The Treasury Department added #Cuba to a list of countries restricted from taking delivery of Russian #oil after a tanker of the fuel appeared to be headed to the island, which is under a US naval blockade. In a general license released Thursday, the Treasury added several countries to the list of nations prohibited from transactions involving the sale, delivery or offloading of crude oil or petroleum products that originate in Russia. The document is an update to another license issued last week, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US would allow Russian oil loaded on tankers on or before March 12 to be sold. The goal was to reduce pressure on oil markets stemming from the US-Israeli war on Iran. An earlier US waiver had applied only to purchases by India. In the interim, at least one Russian tanker — carrying 700,000 barrels of crude — appears to be headed to Cuba and could arrive by the end of this month, according to commodity-tracker Kpler Ltd. The island has been under some form of US sanctions since the late 1950s, and the Trump administration has tightened curbs in recent months. The updated general license also includes prohibitions on transactions involving Russian oil for Iran, North Korea and Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine. The Trump administration has been seeking to provide sanctions relief in certain circumstances to keep oil prices from surging. Along with the Russia moves, Bessent said Thursday the US is considering removing sanctions on some Iranian oil that’s already at sea. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @EmbaCubaUS @USEmbCuba @CarlosFdeCossio @HugoCancio @AllianceForCuba @CiberCuba @MillieHerrera @Nelidafara @23yflagler @OdriozolaJohana @JohanaTablada @RepMariaSalazar @RepCarlos @MarioDB @USLatAmEnvoy @brhodes @TheFHRC @vozdelafnca @dmorca @SoberonGuzman @FelixLlerenaCUB @justfp @Ginamontaner @MiamiHerald @IleanaGarciaUSA @JasonPoblete @LeonKrauze @Kelley4Florida @lianystr @leivamiriam @nmasUnivision23 @pmmonreal @wsvn @OnCuba @viaSimonRomero @librocrepusculo @rachel_dz @SimonWDC @tomaskenn @Univision @martinoticias @dadams7308 @LeBatardShow @XochitlHinojosa @yoanisanchez @yuniortrebol @TheZuluRomeo @Zuky43 @dadams7308

Regardless of why they are negotiating, the Cuban Government is negotiating with the United States Government and that is a good for the Cuban people. It's called dialogue, @realDonaldTrump confirmed it weeks ago, and @CtsiCuba confirmed it last Friday.

@BonillaLisett @USLatAmEnvoy Regardless of why they're negotiating, they are negotiating, and the US is negotiating with them. It's called dialogue. And for the Cuban people this is a good thing.

@USLatAmEnvoy @JoeGarcia The problem is they don’t want to negotiate, they are being forced to a negotiation. They rather keep the population at starvation levels if it was up to them. That right there reveals the true nature behind the regime; their ultimate goal is to remain in power as long as it take

(Great article on the state of play in #Cuba right now.) On March 16th Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, a great-nephew of Fidel Castro, appeared on “Mesa Redonda”, a state-television programme. He announced that #Cubans living abroad would now be permitted to own businesses and invest in infrastructure on the island. It was the second major concession from the regime in a matter of weeks. In February the government quietly began to allow private firms to import fuel, breaking the state’s long-held monopoly. #Cuba economist.com/the-americas/2… @EmbaCubaUS @USEmbCuba @CarlosFdeCossio @HugoCancio @AllianceForCuba @CiberCuba @MillieHerrera @Nelidafara @23yflagler @OdriozolaJohana @JohanaTablada @RepMariaSalazar @RepCarlos @MarioDB @USLatAmEnvoy @brhodes @TheFHRC @vozdelafnca @dmorca @SoberonGuzman @FelixLlerenaCUB @justfp @Ginamontaner @MiamiHerald @IleanaGarciaUSA @JasonPoblete @LeonKrauze @Kelley4Florida @lianystr @leivamiriam @nmasUnivision23 @pmmonreal @wsvn @OnCuba @viaSimonRomero @librocrepusculo @rachel_dz @SimonWDC @tomaskenn @Univision @martinoticias @dadams7308 @LeBatardShow @XochitlHinojosa @yoanisanchez @yuniortrebol @TheZuluRomeo @Zuky43

Apparently, victory is not enough?

🇺🇸🇨🇺 | AHORA — Donald Trump sobre Cuba: “Cuba está hablando con Marco Rubio, haremos algo muy pronto”.

(English version below) Tenemos que tener garantías, y la habilidad de participar en la vida política, económica y cultural de #Cuba, con todos los derechos que merecen todos los cubanos no sólo los de aquí, pero los de allá. @EmbaCubaUS @USEmbCuba @CarlosFdeCossio @HugoCancio @AllianceForCuba @CiberCuba @MillieHerrera @Nelidafara @23yflagler @OdriozolaJohana @JohanaTablada @RepMariaSalazar @RepCarlos @MarioDB @USLatAmEnvoy @brhodes @TheFHRC @vozdelafnca @dmorca @SoberonGuzman @FelixLlerenaCUB @justfp @Ginamontaner @MiamiHerald @IleanaGarciaUSA @JasonPoblete @LeonKrauze @Kelley4Florida @lianystr @leivamiriam @nmasUnivision23 @pmmonreal @wsvn @OnCuba @viaSimonRomero @librocrepusculo @rachel_dz @SimonWDC @tomaskenn @Univision @martinoticias @LeBatardShow @XochitlHinojosa @yoanisanchez @yuniortrebol @TheZuluRomeo @Zuky43

El ex congresista demócrata Joe García analiza la propuesta del régimen cubano que abre la puerta a que la diáspora pueda invertir en mipymes. ¿Qué marco legal se necesita? ¿En qué sectores sería viable dada la escasez de combustible? ¿Qué errores del pasado no podemos permitirnos? ¿Quién gana con esto? youtube.com/watch?v=AzZSmr… #Cuba @CarlosFdeCossio @diariodecuba @TheFHRC @MillieHerrera @EmbaCubaUS @AllianceForCuba @CubaOneTweets @MiamiHerald @ngameztorres @TimPadgett2 @23yflagler @FelixLlerenaCUB @bellybeastcuba @ucicarlos @DiazCanelB @vozdelafnca