Tagged
3 articles
Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said Raul Castro is taking part in early-stage discussions with the United States, while an oil blockade linked to US policy has left Cuba suffering repeated nationwide blackouts and prompted warnings of a humanitarian crisis.
A US oil blockade has cut fuel supplies to Cuba, leaving an aging electricity system struggling. Frequent blackouts are already disrupting daily life and could create deeper humanitarian and political consequences, say observers and media reports.
International aid convoys are arriving in Cuba to protest a U.S. fuel blockade as the island copes with long blackouts and heightened threats of a takeover. The Cuban government is bracing for possible military confrontation. A new episode of The Take explores how close this pressure is bringing the island to a breaking point.