Trump alleges an “unusual and extraordinary threat” from Cuba to reinforce measures that seek to strangle the country’s economy and cause more human suffering. The president deemed it “necessary and appropriate to establish a tariff system” that, in practice, would function as a threat and a means of blackmail against countries that supply oil to Cuba. In the executive order, titled “Addressing Threats from the Government of Cuba to the United States,” the US president mentions Havana’s relations with countries such as Russia and China and states that “Cuba brazenly harbors dangerous adversaries of the United States,” although he does not specify what he means by that phrase. At current prices, the accumulated damages caused by this policy to the island’s economy amount to more than $170.677 billion. de endurecer el bloqueo contra #Cuba 🇨🇺, con la amenaza de un bloqueo naval para impedir la entrada de petróleo a la isla.