Cuba’s president defiant, says no negotiations scheduled as Trump moves to choke off oil lifeline

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel declared Monday that his medication is not negotiating with Washington, contempt President Donald Trump’s threats to propulsion Cuba into a woody present that Venezuelan lipid volition nary longer beryllium supplied.

"There are nary conversations with the U.S. government, but for method contacts successful the migration field," Díaz-Canel said successful a station connected X.

Díaz-Canel continued to denounce the U.S., accusing it of applying hostile unit connected the island, and insisted that negotiations would lone instrumentality spot if they are conducted successful accordance with planetary law.

"As past demonstrates, relations betwixt the U.S. and Cuba, successful bid to advance, indispensable beryllium based connected International Law alternatively than connected hostility, threats, and economical coercion," helium said.

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Cuba President Miguel Diaz-Canel walks done the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

"We person ever been consenting to prosecute successful a superior and liable dialog with the assorted governments of the United States, including the existent one, connected the ground of sovereign equality, communal respect, principles of International Law, reciprocal payment without interference successful interior affairs and with afloat respect for our independence," Canel added. 

On Sunday, Trump declared that Cuba would nary longer person lipid oregon wealth from Venezuela, a determination that would sever Havana’s longtime vigor and fiscal lifeline. 

The announcement came aft a stunning Jan. 3 cognition successful Venezuela, successful which American forces captured President Nicolás Maduro and reportedly killed astatine slightest 32 Cuban personnel.

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President Donald Trump (left) led a subject cognition connected Jan. 3 that led to the seizure of Venezuelan person Nicolas Maduro (right). (Joe Raedle/Getty Images (left); Gaby Oraa/Getty Images (right))

"THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO! I powerfully suggest they marque a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE," helium warned.

Cuba has agelong depended connected imported lipid to support its aging powerfulness grid running. Before the U.S. onslaught connected Venezuela, Havana was receiving 35,000 barrels a time from Venezuela, astir 7,500 from Russia and immoderate 5,500 barrels regular from Mexico, The Associated Press reported, citing Jorge Piñón of the Energy Institute astatine the University of Texas astatine Austin, who tracks the shipments.

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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends a rally successful Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, successful solidarity with Venezuela aft the U.S. captured President Nicolás Maduro and flew him retired of Venezuela.  (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Even with Venezuelan lipid imports, Cuba has suffered wide blackouts successful caller years owed to persistent substance shortages, an aging and crumbling electrical grid and harm from hurricanes that person battered the island’s infrastructure.  

Now, with U.S. sanctions tightening connected some Russian and Venezuelan oil, blackouts could worsen arsenic Havana’s leaders cull Trump’s telephone to onslaught a deal. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.