Cuba Runs Out of Diesel and Fuel Oil Amid U.S. Blockade
The island’s grid is relying on limited domestic production and solar power as outages stretch past 20 hours a day, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy confirmed Cuba has "run out" of diesel and fuel oil, leaving the national grid in a "critical" state with Havana facing daily blackouts lasting 20–22 hours.
- U.S. President Donald Trump intensified the embargo in January, threatening tariffs on countries supplying fuel to the island; this severed traditional shipments from Venezuela and Mexico, dramatically worsening shortages.
- Hundreds of residents protested in Havana on Wednesday, banging pots and chanting "Turn on the lights!" as the crisis crippled hospitals and schools while spoiling food supplies across the capital.
- Washington reiterated a $100m humanitarian aid offer Wednesday, which Cuba dismissed as a "$100 million lie," while CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana on Thursday for meetings regarding the crisis.
- United Nations experts condemned the blockade last week as unlawful, warning it obstructs the "Cuban people's right to development." With aging power plants failing, officials indicate no imminent relief for the island's 10 million people.
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Cuba has been suffering from an energy crisis for a long time. Now it is clear that the country has run out of oil, which is also due to Trump.
Cuba says it has run out of oil as blackouts, protests spread across Havana
Cuba says it has exhausted its remaining reserves of fuel oil and diesel, pushing the country’s electrical grid deeper into crisis and leaving parts of Havana without power for more than 20 hours a day. The shortages have triggered protests across the capital, where residents have blocked roads, banged pots from apartment windows and demanded electricity be restored. Cuban Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said Wednesday the country has “abso…
The U.S. Embassy in Cuba has issued a security alert following the “repression” of recent protests in Havana in the face of continued blackouts in Cuba, amid the tightening of the blockade imposed by Washington on the country since the beginning of January and its impact on the electricity grid. “Cuba’s national electricity grid is becoming increasingly unstable. Protracted and unprogrammed blackouts occur daily throughout the country, including…
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