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El Gobierno cubano acusó este lunes a EE.UU. de perseguir un cambio de régimen tanto en Cuba como su aliada política Venezuela con el bloqueo naval a la “flota fantasma” de petroleros de Caracas en el mar Caribe.

El canciller de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, aseguró en redes sociales que el “objetivo marcado” de Washington es “destruir a la Revolución cubana” y “derrocar al legítimo Gobierno bolivariano y chavista”.

“Recrudecen su política de máxima presión y asfixia económica contra Cuba, con un impacto directo en el sistema energético nacional y, por consiguiente, en la vida diaria de nuestro pueblo”, agregó.

Denunció en este sentido “las medidas del Gobierno de EE.UU. para obstaculizar el libre comercio de los recursos petroleros venezolanos y perseguir a los barcos que transportan combustible a Cuba”, medidas que indicó que “no son nuevas”.

El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores destacó asimismo el aspecto económico que a su juicio tienen las operaciones militares estadounidenses en el Caribe al indicar que Washington busca también “usurpar por la fuerza los recursos naturales críticos y estratégicos de la región”.

Se trata de la segunda ocasión en que el canciller cubano apunta que el bloqueo estadounidense en el Caribe persigue específicamente al petróleo que Venezuela envía a la isla, un extremo que Washington no ha confirmado.

Caracas y La Habana mantienen un acuerdo desde el año 2000 por el que Venezuela paga servicios profesionales cubanos (principalmente médicos y profesores, pero también expertos en seguridad y defensa) con crudo.

Las estimaciones independientes apuntan a que Cuba precisó este año entre 110.000 y 120.000 barriles de petróleo diarios. De esos, unos 40.000 son producción nacional; el resto han de buscarse fuera.

Venezuela, que llegó a aportar 100.000 barriles diarios, envió este año un promedio de 27.000, según el servicio especializado de la agencia económica Reuters.

Para achicar esa brecha de hasta 50.000 barriles diarios (que en Cuba se traduce actualmente en apagones de 20 horas diarias, industrias paralizadas y colas en las gasolineras) han surgido algunos apoyos, pero insuficientes. La Habana no tiene divisas para comprar en el mercado esa diferencia.

Moscú ha enviado unos 6.000 barriles al día este 2025, según el experto cubano Jorge Piñón, del Instituto de Energía de la Universidad de Texas (EE.UU.). México, que el año pasado envió unos 23.000 barriles diarios a la isla, este año apenas unos 2.500, según datos de la petrolera estatal Pemex.

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By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN

(CNN) — On a day meant for family and rest, a father’s holiday joy turned to fear in Texas when his 15-year-old daughter didn’t come back from walking her dog, authorities said.

When she was out past the time it normally takes to complete the walk, her parents became concerned, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a social media post.

Distressed, the father turned to parental controls on the teen’s cellphone and tracked her location to a secluded and partially wooded area in Harris County, about 2 miles from their home in Porter – less than 30 miles outside of Houston.

The father followed the location into the woods.

When he arrived, he found his daughter and her dog inside a maroon pickup truck with a partially nude stranger inside.

The father helped his daughter escape the truck and contacted authorities who were able to, with the help of eyewitnesses at the scene, locate the truck and identify the driver as 23-year-old, Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, also from Porter, although the family told CNN affiliate KHOU they didn’t know him.

The teen and her family have not been publicly identified at this time.

The rescue underscores the growing popularity of parental-tracking tools – from smartphone location sharing to dedicated safety apps – as research shows children are getting smartphones at younger ages and more families are turning to these layers for added peace of mind.

An investigation revealed the suspect threatened the victim with a knife, abducting her from the street, according to Montgomery County detectives.

Espinoza was taken into custody without incident and charged with aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child, according to inmate arrest records.

Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle complimented his deputies and detectives for their work to apprehend Espinoza and assured the community the department is committed to keeping families safe.

“Christmas is a day meant for joy, but this man chose to shatter that joy by targeting a child,” Doolittle said.

Espinoza is currently being held without bond at Montgomery County Jail. It’s unclear if he has an attorney at this time.

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By Issy Ronald, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Darya Tarasova, CNN

(CNN) — Russia’s foreign minister alleged that a Ukrainian drone attack targeted one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences on Monday, in a claim that was immediately rejected by Kyiv.

As a result of the alleged attack in the Novgorod region, Sergey Lavrov said “Russia’s negotiating position will be revised” in the ongoing peace talks seeking to end Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Lavrov said there was no damage or casualties resulting from the incident.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately rejected the claim as “another lie” from Russia.

“It is clear that we had a meeting with (US President Donald) Trump yesterday,” Zelensky told reporters via a voice message. “And it is clear that for the Russians, if there is no scandal between us and America, and we are making progress, for them it is a failure, because they do not want to end this war.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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