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US Oil Embargo Pushes Cuba Toward 'Point of No Return,' Analysts Warn
The US embargo cut 75% of Cuba's crude oil supplies, leading to fuel shortages, power blackouts, halted flights, and a steep decline in tourism, fueling deep economic uncertainty.
- On February 18, 2026, U.S. measures cut crude shipments to Cuba, crippling the island's electricity grid and causing shortages for nearly 10 million people.
- The Trump administration declared Cuba `an unusual and extraordinary threat`, cut Venezuelan oil supplies, and threatened tariffs on Mexico to pressure fuel suppliers.
- Earlier this month, Havana suspended jet fuel supplies, prompting airlines like Air Canada, WestJet, and Transat to repatriate passengers and suspend flights; two hotels on the peninsula closed, and the Habanos festival was canceled.
- Workers and operators report government-run hospitals cutting services, patients and schoolchildren affected, while Sherrit International paused mining and the tourism sector faces collapse.
- Cuba does not appear to have remaining allies willing to supply fuel, and Alejandro Morejon, 53-year-old tourism guide, said, `There is just total uncertainty.
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ANALYSIS | Cuba running on fumes as Canada considers sending relief
Canada says it will consider sending humanitarian aid to Cuba as the country deals with severe blackouts and shortages greatly exacerbated by the Trump administration's oil blockade. While Canada could probably send food and humanitarian aid without provoking the Trump administration's wrath, no country is able to send Cuba what it really needs: oil.
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Cuba is in a major crisis after Trump put a stop to the oil coming to the country.
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Leaning Left37Leaning Right11Center27Last UpdatedBias Distribution49% Left
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C 36%
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