No Fuel, No Tourists, No Cash - This Was the Week the Cuban Crisis Got Real

World News in Brief: Madagascar hunger crisis, Colombia aid appeal, Cuba fuel shortages

Back-to-back cyclones in Madagascar have left more than 400,000 people in need of food assistance, according to estimates by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), while roads, power lines and homes have been severely damaged.

No fuel, no tourists, no cash - this was the week the Cuban crisis got real

Among the verdant gardens of Havana's diplomatic quarter, Siboney, ambassadors from countries traditionally allied to the United States are expressing increasing frustration with Washington's attempt to unseat Cuba's government, while simultaneously drawing up plans to draw down their missions. Cuba is in crisis. Already reeling from a four-year economic slump, worsened by hyper-inflation and the migration of nearly 20% of the population, the 67…

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© WFP/Jerry AndrianaivoarivonyCyclone Gezani made landfall in Toamasina on the east coast of Madagascar. This article is published in association with United Nations. Back-to-back cyclones in Madagascar have left more than 400,000 people in need of food assistance, according to estimates by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), while roads, power lines and homes have been severely damaged. Between 31 January and 10 February, tropical cyclones Fytia…