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CUBA: TRUMP TIGHTENS SANCTIONS AND THREATENS MILITARY INTERVENTION — HAVANA WARNS OF "DANGEROUS AND UNPRECEDENTED" ESCALATION
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US sanctions hit ordinary Cuban people, not just the regime
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
The Guardian and BBC document the impact of new sanctions on ordinary Cubans already suffering unprecedented economic crisis from January's oil blockade: fuel shortages, 12-hour daily power cuts, rampant inflation. The new measures target foreign banks doing business with Cuba — an extraterritorial reach stripping the island of its last international financing lifelines. BBC reports Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemning the sanctions as 'illegal and abusive.' The British press treats the aircraft carrier threat not as a joke but as a deliberate geopolitical signal aimed at intimidating Havana.
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