A ship from the United States with armed passengers tried to enter Cuba. What the media is writing
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The Cuban military stopped a ship with armed men who were heading to the island from the United States. Four people were killed in the shootout, and six others were injured. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an investigation into the incident, which occurred on the same day that Washington authorized the sale of Venezuelan oil to Cuban companies. What the world's media write about the incident is in the Izvestia digest.
Associated Press: Cuba says four people were killed as a result of shooting at a U.S. boat
Cuban authorities reported on February 25 that its soldiers killed four people and injured six others aboard a Florida-registered speedboat that entered Cuban waters and opened fire on soldiers, wounding one Cuban officer. The government said in a statement that the boat's passengers were armed Cubans living in the United States who were trying to enter the island and commit terrorist acts.
Associated Press
The Cuban Government has identified the two passengers of the boat as Amichail Sanchez Gonzalez and Leordan Enrique Cruz Gomez, who are wanted by the Cuban authorities "for their involvement in facilitating, planning, organizing, financing, supporting or committing acts carried out on the territory of the country or in other countries in connection with acts of terrorism."
The government said it had also arrested Duniel Hernandez Santos, adding that he had been "sent from the United States to ensure the reception of an armed infiltrator who has now confessed to his actions." Misael Ortega Casanova, the brother of the murdered Michel Ortega Casanova, said he was grieving over his brother's death, but regretted that he had fallen into what he called an "obsessive and diabolical" quest for freedom in Cuba.
Financial Times: The United States will conduct an investigation into the deaths of people on the ship
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced an investigation after Cuba reported that its armed forces killed four people and injured six when a Florida-registered high-speed vessel entered Cuban territorial waters. The shootout took place against the backdrop of strained relations between Washington and Havana after the US capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose regime supplied Cuba with oil.
Financial Times
"We will have our own information on this case, and we will find out exactly what happened," Rubio told reporters in St. Kitts and Nevis, adding that the United States would not rely solely on Cuba's version of events. He declined to speculate on what happened, but said there was a "wide range" of possible explanations, adding: "Suffice it to say that skirmishes on the high seas are extremely rare."
The U.S. Coast Guard has arrived in the area off the coast of Cuba where the incident occurred. Amid growing tensions with the United States, Rubio said that "Cuba's current situation is unstable" and that the country "needs to change dramatically."
CNN: This is not the first time Cuba has intercepted American vessels
In the past, Cuban forces have clashed with American boats entering their territorial waters, although deadly shootings of this magnitude are rare. Cuba's Interior ministry said it intercepted 13 American speedboats with 23 crew members on board in 2022, which it accused of "carrying out human trafficking operations" in which people were trafficked from Cuba to the United States.
CNN
The U.S. Coast Guard had previously intercepted speedboats off its coast, which it said were transporting illegal migrants to the United States, home to the Cuban immigrant community, which largely opposes the island's communist government.
The current incident occurred just one day after the 30th anniversary of the Cuban military shooting down two planes belonging to the Cuban-American humanitarian organization Brothers for Help over the waters north of Havana, killing four people.
Reuters: The United States will allow the resale of Venezuelan oil to the private sector of Cuba
The U.S. Treasury Department said it would issue licenses to companies wishing to resell Venezuelan oil to Cuba's private sector. This step could help alleviate the island's severe fuel shortage. After Washington arrested Maduro in January and took control of oil exports from Venezuela, supplies to Cuba stopped, which worsened the energy crisis in the country, which negatively affects the production of electricity and fuel for cars, homes and aviation.
Reuters
Venezuela has been the main supplier of oil and fuel to its political ally Cuba for more than 25 years under a bilateral agreement based mainly on the barter of goods and services. Mexico, which has become an alternative supplier, also suspended shipments to the Caribbean island after a shipment of fuel arrived in Havana in January, according to shipping data.
The recommendations of the Ministry of Finance clearly state that potential transactions should "support the Cuban people, including the private sector," while transactions involving or benefiting the Cuban military or other government institutions will not be subject to these recommendations. Vitol and Trafigura trading companies currently handle the lion's share of Venezuelan oil exports. Millions of barrels are exported to the United States, Europe, and India, and millions more are stored at terminals in the Caribbean for resale.
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