Trump administration sanctions Cuba’s national oil company, blasts Castros
Key takeaways
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounces Union Cuba-Petroleo as having ‘unlawfully expropriated’ US resources in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution
- On Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement describing the company as a tool for Cuba’s “repressive security apparatus”.
- He then proceeded to denounce the Castro family, whose members governed Cuba for decades, for profiting from the country’s oil.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounces Union Cuba-Petroleo as having ‘unlawfully expropriated’ US resources in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Young men load water containers onto a cart during a power outage in Havana on June 10 [Yamil Lage/AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 11 Jun 202611 Jun 2026The United States has levied additional sanctions against Cuba, this time targeting the Caribbean island’s state-owned oil and gas company, Union Cuba-Petroleo.
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement describing the company as a tool for Cuba’s “repressive security apparatus”.