"Our actions in Venezuela are proof that the United States will no longer permit threats to America to gain a foothold anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. & if necessary, we will use our unmatched military might to secure the vital national interests of the United States." - President Donald J. Trump 🎯
Communist Cuba is a corrupt failed state and a persistent threat to U.S. national security, sitting less than 100 miles from American shores. While ordinary Cubans endure blackouts, food shortages, and brutality, regime elites continue to hoard the island’s resources for themselves and Cuba’s repressive security apparatus. The United States will keep exposing and sanctioning those who sustain this system. Today, I'm sanctioning a further 11 entities and individuals involved in the development of Cuba’s military capabilities and the exploitation of its mining sector. President Trump's E.O. 14404 for propping up the Cuban regime's exploitation of the island's nickel wealth and its development of military capabilities. https://t.co/OJqjFY8eGa
.@SecRubio: La Cuba comunista es un Estado fallido y corrupto, además de una amenaza persistente para la seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos, situado a menos de 100 millas de las costas estadounidenses. Mientras que los cubanos de a pie sufren cortes de electricidad, escasez de alimentos y brutalidad, las élites del régimen siguen acaparando los recursos de la isla para sí mismas y para el aparato de seguridad represivo de Cuba. Estados Unidos seguirá desenmascarando y sancionando a quienes sostienen este sistema. Hoy impongo sanciones a otras 11 entidades y personas implicadas en el desarrollo de las capacidades militares de Cuba y en la explotación de su sector minero. La orden ejecutiva 14404 del presidente Trump tiene por objeto contrarrestar la explotación por parte del régimen cubano de la riqueza en níquel de la isla y el desarrollo de sus capacidades militares.
En estos momentos se está llevando a cabo un ejercicio de respuesta militar estadounidense en la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Caracas. Garantizar la capacidad de respuesta rápida del ejército es un componente clave de la preparación de la misión, tanto aquí en Venezuela como en todo el mundo. Seguimos avanzando en el plan de tres fases de @POTUS para Venezuela. @Southcom
NEW: President Trump hints at a "friendly takeover" of Cuba:
"The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble, as you know. They have no money, no anything right now."
"Maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba. We could very well end up having a friendly takeover Cuba.”
Oil sales under US-Venezuela deal to reach $2 billion by end of February, Sec Wright say
CORPUS CHRISTI, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Sales under a flagship oil supply agreement between Caracas and Washington are expected to reach $2 billion by the end of this month,
CHILLS: @POTUS reunites Venezuelan woman Alejandra Gonzalez with her uncle, Enrique, who was arrested and held prisoner for years by the Maduro regime in Venezuela. ❤️
.@POTUS presents Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover — one of the heroes of the remarkable U.S. military operation in Venezuela — with the Congressional Medal of Honor. 🇺🇸