{"id":63925,"date":"2026-05-16T06:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=63925"},"modified":"2026-05-16T06:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:16:30","slug":"trump-tyrannically-shuts-off-cubas-oil-supplies-and-no-one-is-even-talking-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=63925","title":{"rendered":"

Trump tyrannically shuts off Cuba’s oil supplies and no one is even talking about it<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cubans are no strangers to hardship, after more than six decades of communist rule and U.S. hostility and embargo.<\/p>\n

But the island has suffered nothing like what it is enduring now. The Trump administration cut off Cuba\u2019s main oil supply this year, from Venezuela, after decapitating the Havana-friendly regime in Caracas. Any steps to conserve energy only postponed the inevitable:\u00a0Cuba\u2019s oil reserves have run dry<\/a>, the government said this week.<\/p>\n

Scarce fuel and crumbling infrastructure have led to longer and longer blackouts; many people have electricity just an hour or two a day. There have been a smattering of small protests, including some where people have lit bonfires in the streets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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