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Cuba says Rubio lying about oil blockade
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize HAVANA, Cuba: Cuba on Tuesday accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of lying when he denied that the United States was carrying out an oil blockade on Cuba.
- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez wrote on X that Rubio “has simply chosen to lie,” and that he “contradicts the President and the White House Spokesperson.”
- “There’s no oil blockade on Cuba, per se,” Rubio said while guest-hosting the daily White House press briefing.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize HAVANA, Cuba: Cuba on Tuesday accused US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of lying when he denied that the United States was carrying out an oil blockade on Cuba.
Cuba has been suffering from an energy crisis since January, when US forces seized Venezuela president and Cuban ally Nicolas Maduro and Washington threatened tariffs on countries that send crude to the communist-led island.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez wrote on X that Rubio “has simply chosen to lie,” and that he “contradicts the President and the White House Spokesperson.”
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