Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba ending near-total blockade

Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba ending near-total blockade 9 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Will Grant BBC's Mexico, Central America and Cuba correspondent The Anatoly Kolodkin oil tanker docked in Cuba on Tuesday A Russian-owned tanker carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of crude oil has docked on the northern coast of Cuba, ending a near-total fuel blockade by the US on the communist-run island. The tanker's arrival marks the first crude oil shipment to dock in one of Cuba's ports since early January. It follows an apparent softening in Washington's oil blockade, after President Trump said last weekend that he had "no problem" with countries sending fuel to Cuba. The country has been hit by a series of nationwide blackouts, and most hospitals have been unable to operate normally, with severe rationing in place. National blackout hits Cuba for second time in a week Expectant mothers in Cuba struggle under fuel blockade The Anatoly Kolodkin oil tanker arrived in the port of Matanzas, east of Havana, on Tuesday. President Trump said on Sunday that he did not object to other nations sending oil to the island because Cubans "have to survive". Cuba was cut off from oil supplies in January after US forces captured its main regional ally, Venezuela's socialist leader Nicolás Maduro - and Trump threatened to impose tariffs on countries that sent oil to the island. …