Cuba Exhausts All Fuel Reserves as Blackouts and Protests Sweep the Island
Sourced from 6 publications
- •Cuba has exhausted all diesel and fuel oil supplies, with Energy Minister Vicente de la O declaring the national grid critical.
- •Russian oil reserves that Cuba depended on ran out under a tightened US fuel embargo, per France24.
- •Protests erupted across Havana on Wednesday night as rolling blackouts reached up to 22 hours.
- •The Cuban government is weighing a conditional aid offer from the Trump administration.
- •Bloomberg characterized the US restrictions as a de facto energy blockade of the island.
Sources
Protests flare across Havana as power cuts deepen amid US blockade
Nation
Cuba plunged deeper into fuel crisis amid 22-hour blackouts
Al Jazeera
Cuba runs out of fuel, diesel amid US blockade
France24
Cuba Says It Has Run Out of Oil
New York Times
Cuba Runs Out of Fuel, Plunging Country Into Darkness and Protests
Bloomberg
‘Absolutely no fuel’: Cuba hit by blackouts, protests amid power outages
Al Jazeera
Cuba Completely Runs Out of Fuel Amid US Blockade
newser
Cuba says oil reserves have 'run out' as blackouts, fuel shortages spark protest...
France24
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