Trump Aims to Steer Cuba Toward Greater Dependence on the US

Tankers in the port of Matanzas, Cuba, on Feb. 17.Source: AFP/Getty Images

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The Trump administration’s move to ease fuel shipments to Cuba’s nascent private sector is part of a plan to make the island more reliant on the US for supplies, increasing Washington’s leverage to bring about political and economic change, according to people familiar with the strategy.