Event dossier

Cubans study oil tanker diplomacy for signs of progress in secret talks with US

Despite hostile rhetoric Trump let a Russian ship break his blockade – could it herald a Venezuela-style outcome? When a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, docked at Cuba’s Matanzas oil terminal on…

1 report1 sourceApr 4, 2026, 11:00 AM
FilterThe Guardian
Clustered coverageThe Guardian
Coverage timeline1
Coverage timeline

Coverage timeline

Ranked reports inside the event cluster. Open any publisher link to read the original coverage.

The GuardianApr 4, 2026, 11:00 AM

Cubans study oil tanker diplomacy for signs of progress in secret talks with US

Despite hostile rhetoric Trump let a Russian ship break his blockade – could it herald a Venezuela-style outcome? When a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, docked at Cuba’s Matanzas oil terminal on Tuesday, unloading 700,000 barrels of crude , it was not immediately clear why the ship had been allowed to pass through Donald Trump’s oil blockade. In January, the US president had proclaimed on social media: “THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” yet last week he told reporters, “If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem with it” – and waved the Russian ship through. Continue reading...

Related events

Related events

Nearby clusters pulled from title, summary, and keyword similarity in PostgreSQL.

El Psy Congroo Newswire