Oil Crisis in Cuba: What Is Option Zero, a Plan Created by Fidel Castro that Revives 35 Years Later?

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For more than a month now, after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, Cubans have lived through “difficult, very difficult times.” Mexico, its main supplier, suspended the shipment of oil to Cuba and the reserves are at zero. That crisis forced the Cuban government to “relive” a plan called Option Zero. Currently, Havana is surrounded by Donald Trump’s sanctions. First, Venezuela promised not to send more barrels of oil. Later, the US president threatened …