Key Points
- Cuban Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy told state media the island nation has run out of fuel oil and diesel.
- Protests broke out in Havana on Wednesday as blackouts in the capital continued.
- The Trump administration, which has effectively blocked oil shipments to Cuba since January, has offered assistance in exchange for political reform.
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