By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. will provide an extra $6 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba, the top State Department aid official said on Thursday, even as Washington has stepped up efforts to block oil supplies to the Caribbean island nation,

OPINION: While the Cuban regime’s downfall has long been Washington’s goal, if Cuba’s transition is botched, the White House will only have itself to blame.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel is grappling with an economic implosion and says he’s willing to talk to the U.S. government as equals.

Russian cargo plane reportedly lands at Cuban military base amid escalating U.S.-Cuba tensions and Trump's national emergency declaration over Havana.

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez condemned the executive order, calling it a “brutal act of aggression against Cuba and its people.”

The federal government upgraded its Cuba travel advice on Tuesday, warning Canadians planning to visit the popular Caribbean island that worsening shortages of everything from fuel to food could affect resorts.

"I think Cuba will not be able to survive," Trump said.

US President Donald Trump’s efforts to shut off fuel shipments to Cuba are starting to cut into parts of its crucial tourism industry.

The U.S. previously sent $3 million in disaster relief to people affected by the hurricane in Cuba