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Written by CubaSí

Published: 14 May 2026

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• Trump's Cuba policy

President Miguel Díaz-Canel highlighted today the denunciation made by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez at the BRICS ministerial meeting regarding the tightening of the siege and threats of aggression by the United States against Cuba.

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Written by CubaSí

Published: 14 May 2026

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• U.S. $100 million aid offer

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, stated today that, for the first time, the United States Government has publicly formalized, through a Department of State communication, an offer of aid to the island valued at $100 million.

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Written by Raúl Antonio Capote

Published: 12 May 2026

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• Trump's Cuba policy
• Executive Order of May 1st

The new Executive Order presents accusations without supporting evidence as if they were facts. Illustration: Enrique Lacoste

The recent measures announced against Cuba do not respond to real threats to U.S. security, but rather to the persistence of a political model that Washington has been unable to subdue through coercion.

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Written by Carmen Maturell Senon

Published: 12 May 2026

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• thermal conversion process
• Center for Petroleum Research

Thermal conversion has been a line of research at Ceinpet for several years. Photo: Ricardo López Hevia

In times when every drop of fuel counts and the tightened blockade aims to stifle every last engine, news is circulating throughout the country that, thanks to the thermal conversion process —developed by Cuban scientists at the Center for Petroleum Research— the properties of the country's heavy crude oil, extracted from the northern region of Cuba, can be improved by reducing its viscosity and, to a lesser extent, its sulfur content.