KEY POINTS
The U.S. Treasury Department has made clear that Cuba is not allowed to take delivery of Russian crude.
The warning comes at a time when two tankers carrying Russian oil and gas are thought to be on their way to Havana.
The fuel-starved Caribbean island is facing its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union under a U.S. oil blockade.
Dumb question here… Under what grounds a nation can determine what other two nations can/cannot do?
It’s called Bigger Gun Diplomacy.
The “you and what army” protocol. I guess we’ll see how that plays out
And why isn’t it condemned at UN level?
The UN has been condemning the US embargo on cuba for nearly every session in the past couple decades and it’s nearly always only the US and Israel voting against it. But the US has a veto so it never passes…
Here’s the latest one
The UN is at its League of Nations stage. Doctors say it’s terminal.
Because the big gun also has a veto vote.