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United Nations warns of humanitarian crisis in Cuba amid fuel shortages

The United Nations warned Tuesday that severe fuel shortages in Cuba are triggering a humanitarian crisis, with the island’s health system nearing a critical point as energy shortages disrupt essential services nationwide. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the organization remains......

Trump oil embargo pushes Cuba to the brink of collapse

Cuba is sliding deeper into economic turmoil as a sweeping United States oil embargo has throttled fuel supplies to the island, triggering emergency rationing, prolonged blackouts and the grounding of flights during the peak tourism season. President Donald Trump has framed the measures as leverage to......

Tanker ends five-week fuel shortage in Cuba despite US blockade

A tanker identified as the Nicos I.V. entered Matanzas Bay in Cuba on February 16, delivering fuel to the island and ending more than five weeks of acute shortages that have triggered widespread power outages and supply disruptions, Reuters reported. This arrival comes amid Cuba’s worst energy......

Cuba revives 1990s rationing plan as US oil sanctions tighten

Cuba is confronting its most severe fuel shortage since the collapse of the Soviet Union as oil sanctions imposed by the Trump administration intensify, prompting the government to activate emergency rationing measures while Washington simultaneously delivers humanitarian aid through the Catholic Church. Havana......

Machado says Cuba and Nicaragua will follow after Venezuela’s fall

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told an international audience that the collapse of President Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela would trigger a broader liberation across the region, predicting that Cuba and Nicaragua would be next to break free from authoritarian......

Canada and Chile pledge humanitarian aid to Cuba amid fuel crisis

Canada and Chile have announced new humanitarian assistance for Cuba as the Caribbean nation grapples with a deepening fuel shortage that the United Nations warns could spiral into a broader humanitarian collapse, compounded by intensified pressure from the United States. The Canadian Network on Cuba......

Mexico offers air bridge to Cuba as airlines suspend flights amid fuel crisis

Mexico has proposed establishing an air bridge to Cuba to help maintain air links as several international airlines suspend flights due to a deepening aviation fuel shortage on the island, officials said. The initiative comes amid an escalating energy crisis largely driven by a U.S. campaign to cut off......

Satellite data shows Cuba night lights drop 50 percent

Cuba is facing its most severe energy crisis in decades, with satellite imagery showing that nighttime lighting across the island has fallen sharply after efforts by the Trump administration to restrict its oil supply. The shortages have plunged large parts of the country into darkness, grounded international......

UN experts denounce Trump oil blockade on Cuba as illegal

United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting fuel supplies to Cuba, describing it as a serious breach of international law that risks triggering a severe humanitarian crisis on the island of 9.6 million people. The statement from......