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Cable News Clips

ChicagoTeamster

(979 posts) Fri Feb 13, 2026, 02:02 PM Feb 13

The US embargo of Cuba initially started over seizure of US owned OIL refineries

In 1960, Cuba began importing oil from the Soviet Union. U.S.-owned refineries (Exxon, Texaco, and Shell) refused to refine the oil, leading Cuba to seize the refineries.

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