The Government of Argentinaled by right-wing president Javier Milei, recommended this Friday to its citizens not to travel to Cuba due to the “deterioration of living conditions” on the island, and suggested those who reside there to remain “attentive to the situation.”
“Given the deterioration of living conditions in Cuba, Argentine citizens are recommended to avoid or postpone tourist trips to the island. Those currently residing in that country are suggested to remain attentive to the evolution of the situation,” the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In the official text, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that in Cuba there are “fuel shortages, even in tourist areas, prolonged interruptions of the electricity supply, effects on access to running water and shortages of food and medicine.”
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, signed an executive order this Thursday that establishes that his country may impose tariffs on goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, indicating that the island “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
This Friday, the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, responded and stated that “this new measure demonstrates the fascist, criminal and genocidal nature of a clique that has kidnapped the interests of the American people for purely personal purposes.”
Since coming to power in December 2023, Javier Milei has toughened the diplomatic discourse towards Cuba, has reduced gestures of political cooperation and has aligned himself with Washington on foreign policy.
