US President Donald Trump said last night that 100 million barrels of oil from Venezuela have been delivered to a refinery in Houston and another 100 million are also on the way, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
He added that oil prices have risen less than expected due to the conflict in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the president said that Cuba is in a “deep crisis“ from a humanitarian point of view and that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is dealing with the issue, which may or may not lead to a “friendly takeover“.
“He is dealing with it and it may or may not be a friendly takeover. "It doesn't really matter because they basically have no energy, they have no money," Trump told reporters at a news conference in Doral, Florida.
The Cuban government said it was not holding any high-level talks with the United States, but did not completely deny media reports that U.S. officials may be holding informal talks with Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, the grandson of former Cuban President Raul Castro.
Most Americans believe gasoline prices will rise in the coming months after U.S. President Donald Trump decided to launch military action against Iran, and many believe the conflict will last longer, according to a survey by the "Ipsos" institute. commissioned by Reuters, BTA reports.
About 67% of respondents in the four-day survey, including 44% of Republican supporters and 85% of Democratic supporters, expect gasoline prices to rise next year. Sixty percent of Americans also believe that the US military operation in Iran will continue "for a longer period of time".
The survey shows that only 29% of Americans approve of the strikes on targets in Iran, a slight increase from the approval of 27% in the first hours of the military operation.
About 64% of those surveyed in the survey said that Trump has not well explained the goals of the US military participation in the operation.
The survey highlights the risks for Trump's Republican Party ahead of the midterm elections in November this year, in which the Democratic Party hopes to gain ascendancy in at least one of the two houses of the US Congress, Reuters notes.
Trump was re-elected to a second term last year on his promises to reduce inflation in the country and prevent the military from intervening in foreign conflicts. Since the start of the US strikes on Iran, US gasoline prices have risen by about 50 cents per gallon (3.78 liters) and at least seven US service members have been killed.