Russia hosts Cuban foreign minister
MOSCOW (AP) — The Cuban foreign minister is visiting Moscow as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages worsened by a U.S oil embargo. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and later in the day with President Vladimir Putin. Lavrov urged the U.S. to refrain from blockading Cuba, which has struggled to import oil for its power plants and refineries after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened any nation that sold oil to Cuba with tariffs. Putin said of the restrictions: “You know how we feel about this. We don’t accept anything of the sort.”