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The executive order from President Trump was tacitly targeting Mexico, which has become the number one provider of oil to Cuba.
The Trump administration had already tightened sanctions on Cuba, and it had already forced Venezuela to stop providing oil.
At the same time, Cuban-American members of Congress announced they would ask the White House to suspend flights from the US and block family members from sending remittances.
At the moment, Cuba is facing its worst economic crisis in decades.
It no longer has enough fuel for its power plants or even to run its trash trucks.
is trying to squeeze its population into a popular rebellion, but President Miguel Diaz-Canel says they are ready to fight.
Ada Peralta, NPR News, Mexico City.
The current president, Xiomara Castro, has a tense relationship with the U.S.
When Castro began, when Trump began his immigration crackdown, she threatened to shut down the U.S.
And it seems that Trump made a cold calculation that the most robust U.S.
ally in Honduras would be the National Party, Asfuda's party.
It seems that Trump made a cold calculation that the most robust U.S.
ally in Honduras would be the National Party, Asfuda's party.
And now this may seem odd because the U.S.
has had major problems with the National Party.
The last National Party president, Juan Orlando HernΓ‘ndez, was extradited to the U.S.
and convicted of drug trafficking.
But just before this election, Trump pardoned HernΓ‘ndez and endorsed his ally, Nasri Asfura.