"Cuba is facing a growing humanitarian crisis due to a U.S.-imposed oil blockade. The Trump administration has also threatened new tariffs against any nation that sends fuel to Cuba, which has been under a U.S. trade embargo since 1962. These measures have caused fuel shortages and widespread blackouts, while the cost of food and transportation has skyrocketed. "This is a massive violation of human rights," says Ernesto Soberón Guzmán, Cuban ambassador to the United Nations."
"Cuba's government announced Monday it's running out of fuel for commercial aviation, prompting Air Canada to cancel flights to and from the island. The Trump administration has threatened new tariffs against any nation that sends fuel to Cuba, which has been under a U.S. economic embargo since 1962, more than half a century ago. In recent years, Venezuela had been a key supplier of oil for Cuba, but that supply was cut off in early January after U.S. forces attacked Venezuela."
Cuba faces a severe humanitarian emergency as a U.S.-imposed oil blockade and threats of tariffs against fuel suppliers have sharply reduced fuel imports. Commercial aviation is running out of fuel, prompting flight cancellations. Fuel shortages have caused widespread blackouts and driven food and transportation costs sharply higher. Venezuela had been a primary oil supplier until supplies were cut off in early January following reported U.S. attacks on Venezuela and the alleged abduction of its president. U.S. Cuba policy is being driven by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has advocated regime change. U.N. officials have warned about the blockade's humanitarian impact.
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