Cuba reports record losses from the US embargo as foreign minister describes months of punishing blackouts.
Published On 7 Sep 20267 Sep 2026
Cuba says it is not currently negotiating with the United States, as the Trump administration continues its campaign of economic pressure on the island.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said on Monday that Havana and Washington are not negotiating, and that there is no agenda for future talks.
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His comments came during a media conference, as he laid out Cuba’s latest estimate of the damage caused by the decades-old US embargo, imposed since former leader Fidel Castro‘s communist revolution in 1959.
The Cuban government says the US embargo cost its economy $8bn between March 2025 and February 2026, the highest figure yet recorded and seven percent more than in the previous reporting period.
The total…
