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One Cuban family navigates daily life under a US oil embargo and a deepening economic crisis
The emergency plan aims to support hospitals and families as nearly 5 million Cubans lack essential medicines and blackouts worsen daily life.
- The United Nations launched a $94 million emergency plan this week to address what it called a "life-threatening" crisis in Cuba, where severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel have crippled daily life.
- Economic instability has gripped Cuba for six years, intensified by the energy embargo enacted under President Donald Trump; on Tuesday, a Russian tanker docked at Matanzas with oil, marking the first delivery in three months.
- Hospitals face a critical backlog of 96,000 pending surgeries, including 11,000 for children, while nearly 5 million people with chronic illnesses lack access to essential medications.
- Yuneisy Riviaux, a 42-year-old unemployed mother in Havana, faces daily shortages; her husband, Cristobal Estrada, travels 20 kilometers to secure food donations to feed their two daughters.
- The recent oil delivery will provide only enough diesel for about 10 days of Cuba's needs, experts say, leaving the island's most vulnerable populations facing continued resource scarcity.
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One Cuban family navigates daily life under a US oil embargo and a deepening economic crisis
Cuba’s deepening economic crisis is pushing struggling families into hunger and forcing them to rely on donations and the black market.
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