US EditionAs US Block of Oil Supply Deepens Energy Crisis, Cubans Ask: What More Can We Sacrifice?
U.S. sanctions and halted shipments from Venezuela and Mexico have cut off most of Cuba’s oil imports, causing widespread fuel shortages and transport disruptions, officials said.
- U.S. pressure and halted shipments worsened Cuba's energy crisis, with Mexico stopping exports in late January and Venezuela cutting shipments, causing visible strains in Havana on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.
- Cuba only produces 40% of the oil it consumes and its government says U.S. sanctions cost more than $7.5 billion between March 2024 and February 2025.
- Faced with no buses, many commuters walked, hitchhiked or used bicycle taxis as the national transportation company cut routes and the University of Havana canceled events.
- Fuel shortages are already disrupting food transport, hospitals, schools, and tourism, but much of Havana's city of 2 million continued operating despite strain and limited $6 million U.S. aid.
- Low-Income Cubans are asking what more they can sacrifice as the crisis deepens, raising questions about systemic resilience amid fuel shortages and the government’s $7.5 billion sanctions cost, the source says.
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As US block of oil supply deepens energy crisis, Cubans ask: What more can we sacrifice?
Cubans on Friday are facing a worsening crisis as U.S. efforts to block oil supplies take a toll. On Thursday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned of further hardships, leaving many anxious about the future.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Thursday that “Cuba is not alone” and is committed to expanding its renewable energy sources in the face of threats from the United States to apply an “energy blockade” to the island.
Given the situation faced by Cuba by pressure from the United States Government, there has been support at the international level, said Miguel Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President of the Republic, in a special appearance before the press.
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, addressed the complex energy situation that the country is going through this Thursday during an appearance before national and foreign media, which explicitly linked to the tightening of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States. He pointed out that the country has a strategy to expand the use of its own energy sources and to depend less on imports. The head o…
Havana, Feb 5 (Latin Press) Cuba's president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, today detailed an updated national program to boost renewable energy sources, as a strategic way to achieve energy sovereignty and counter the effects of the embargo. The post Cuba is committed to renewable sources in the face of complex situation first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
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