US Escalation Pushes Cuba Into Darkness and Economic Collapse

Cuba faced nationwide blackouts and fuel shortages caused by a de facto US oil blockade.

“How the US plunged Cuba into darkness Cuba is facing one of its worst crises in decades, as the Caribbean island contends with nationwide blackouts, fuel shortages and growing political uncertainty”

Al Jazeera

The island relies on imported oil to generate electricity and run public transport.

Al Jazeera

Only one tanker had reached Cuba: a Russian vessel carrying 730,000 barrels of oil.

Trump told a Florida crowd "Cuba is next."

Washington was seeking to provoke regime change by the end of the year.

Infobae

There was no concrete plan to end the Communist government.

American authorities believed the Cuban economy was close to collapse.

“The Cuban dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel described 2024 as very hard and acknowledged that financially Cuba is living practically day to day, with extremely limited hard currency, though he considered the challenge not insurmountable and called for a mobilization against the United States”

Infobae

Trump blocked Cuban medical professionals from working abroad.

Street protests erupted across the island for the first time in two years.

Díaz-Canel called for mobilization against the United States.

He acknowledged rising social tensions and problems with essential services.

Le magazine GEO

Analysts warned US actions risked pushing Cuba into deeper crisis.