The government is struggling to meet a shortfall in fuel and is wary that higher prices at the pump could stir unrest.
Cuba’s already struggling schools are ending the academic year early because of a crippling fuel shortage caused by the U.S. oil blockade.
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Protests broke out Thursday night in Havana after the Cuban government said the island had exhausted its supplies of diesel and fuel oil, deepening a severe electricity crisis across the cash-strapped Caribbean nation. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said Wednesday that Cuba had “absolutely no” reserves of either fuel, blaming the Trump administration for blocking oil imports to the country. President Miguel Díaz-Canel called the situation “particularly tense” and said that the “genocidal U.S. blockade” was part of an attempt to “destroy the Revolution.” Images shared on social media showed residents in Havana banging pots, lighting street fires, and blocking roads amid prolonged blackouts. Some areas of the…Open
If Americans knew what Cuba was enduring, they would demand an end to the U.S. blockade.
The U.S. “should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade,” so additional direct negotiations can take place, Pezeshkian says
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