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Cuba to protect essential services as US moves to cut off oil supply
Cuba's government restricts fuel use to maintain food, electricity, and healthcare amid U.S. sanctions cutting off oil supplies, with tourism arrivals down 62% since 2018.
- On Friday, Cuban authorities reduced public-transport routes, curtailed office hours, moved some university classes online, and announced at least two large beach resorts on Cayo Coco will close soon, transferring about 200 guests to Sol Cayo Coco 30 miles away.
- On Friday, Havana implemented emergency measures as fuel shortages, blamed on U.S. sanctions, forced resort closures and operational changes, with workers reporting job losses.
- Cuba's electrical union said power output would cover less than half the island's peak demand of 3,100 megawatts Friday night, and tourism arrivals fell 18% last year with foreign visitors down 62% from 2018.
- To preserve operations, authorities are regrouping tourists into fuller hotels, with Sol Cayo Coco receiving guests from Mojito and Tryp, while WestJet and Sunwing monitor and Canada advised 'exercise a high degree of caution' earlier this week.
- U.S. pressure on fuel supplies is beginning to erode Cuba's tourism revenues, and hotel workers report shutdowns not linked to weather they hadn't seen in more than two decades.
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HAVANA, Cuba >> Cuba detailed a wide-ranging plan on Friday to protect essential services and ration fuel as the communist-run government dug in its heels in defiance of a U.S. effort to cut off oil supply to the Caribbean island.
·Honolulu, United States
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The Cuban government announced emergency measures on Friday to ease a severe energy crisis exacerbated by US sanctions, including a four-day workweek for state-owned enterprises and restrictions on fuel sales.
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