🇺🇸🚫🇨🇺 — URGENT: The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed a decree declaring a “national emergency,” citing the unusual and extraordinary threat that Cuba poses to the security of his country and the rest of the region. He also announced that he will impose tariffs on countries that sell or deliver oil to Cuba.

ADDRESSING THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA 🖇

🇺🇸💬🇻🇪📈🏠 — 📰 The New York Times: Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget to White House
Democrats sharply questioned the plan, including the role of Qatar in managing an account funded by the sale of Venezuelan oil.

Venezuela’s interim government has agreed to submit a monthly “budget” to the Trump administration, which will release money from an account funded by the country’s oil sales and initially managed by Qatar, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday.

But the plan drew sharp questions from skeptical Democrats, and Mr. Rubio conceded that it was “novel” and hastily designed. The role of Qatar — a Middle Eastern country thousands of miles from Venezuela whose ruler has won President Trump’s favor — drew particular criticism from Democrats, who questioned its legality and transparency.

Mr. Rubio detailed the plan during an appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It was Mr. Rubio’s first public testimony to Congress since American forces captured Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, on Jan. 3, and an opportunity to clarify U.S. policy toward the country.

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🇺🇸🚫🇨🇺 — The President of the United States, Donald Trump says Cuba is likely to fall soon after his emergency executive order

"The word choke off is awfully tough. Cuba's a failing nation. ... It looks like it's not something that's going to be able to survive. I think Cuba will not be able to survive."

🇺🇸🇻🇪An LM-100J Super Hercules from Pallas Aviation, a company affiliated with the CIA, flew from Puerto Rico to Caracas for the third time in a month.

These flights are likely related to preparations for the resumption of operations of the American embassy and, accordingly, the CIA's resident office under the cover of the embassy.

The protection of the embassy staff, as in other dangerous regions, will be provided by the forces of the special unit GRS (Global Response Staff).

🇦🇷❌✈️🇨🇺 — The Argentine Foreign Ministry recommends NOT traveling to Cuba

🇻🇪🔒📝 — Video: Venezuelan Interim President Delcy Rodríguez announces a general amnesty for all political prisoners in Venezuela since 1999, when the Chavista Regime was announced