🛢 🇨🇺 🇺🇸 A Bloomberg analysis of satellite data shows that much of Cuba has gone dark this year due to the Trump's oil blockade

It’s now a waiting game between Washington and Havana to see who blinks first. Trump argues the regime is so weak it will collapse on its own and is severing all sources of external support to speed the process. Díaz-Canel has indicated he’s open to negotiations with the US, but not about the country’s one-party system of government.

From rural towns to provincial capitals and Havana itself, everyday Cubans are living under increasing duress as a result. While the regime survived the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s through similarly aggressive belt-tightening and stoicism, it could still import fuel to keep the lights on.

Not being able to do so this time, Bustamante said, represents “a very significant blow that will severely strain an already severely strained electric grid.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-cuba-oil-supply-power-grid-blackout

📎 Joe Weisenthal

The flooding of the Guanare River in Portuguesa state surprised the vacationers who were there to enjoy the music and cultural activities during the Carnival holiday.

Colombian Foreign Minister: "It's possible" that Delcy Rodríguez will visit Colombia next week

Fanb seizes 23 kilos of cocaine in Zulia and arrests two people

Also, in Táchira, 567 kilos of cocaine and marijuana were confiscated

🇺🇸✡ Epstein conducted million-dollar business for nearly 10 years with PDVSA bonds

https://bit.ly/46VodzJ

Foro Penal reports 444 releases of political prisoners in Venezuela since January

⚠️ Forces of the Chavista regime in Zona 7 prevent political prisoners on hunger strike from receiving hydration

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RIP Robert Duvall

President Edmundo González demands the release of political prisoners without waiting for an amnesty law https://bit.ly/4kBPSeF

⚠️🇻🇪🇺🇸 EASA has lifted its warnings about Venezuelan airspace.

This will allow the resumption of commercial flights between Venezuela and Europe and the overflight of European airlines over the country.

⚠️🇻🇪🇺🇸 Evanan Romero, an 86-year-old oil expert a US American citizen, is detained in Maracaibo by the Chavista Regime https://bit.ly/4csNRQ0

The Prime Minister of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, arrived in Venezuela

Elliott Abrams warns that Donald Trump should not visit Venezuela without María Corina Machado's return first

Rory Branker was accused of 5 crimes the day after his release from prison by the chavista regime

🇵🇪 — URGENT: Peru's Congress dismisses internal president José Jeri. All seven motions of censure against the current former president were approved by Congress.

"About Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez said last week that Nicolás Maduro is still a legitimate president and is innocent,"

Trump:

"I probably have to say it. I think, politically, he has to say it. He's doing a very good job."