00:16Cuba is going dark, and officials in Havana are blaming Donald Trump's fuel blockade
00:23for pushing the island into total collapse.
00:26In a shocking admission, Cuba's energy minister, Vincente de la Ollevi, announced the country
00:34has officially run out of diesel and fuel oil.
00:38No fuel, no diesel, no reserves.
00:41Those were his exact words as Cuba's electricity grid entered what authorities describe as
00:48a critical state.
00:50Tonight, millions across Cuba are trapped in near-total darkness.
00:55In Havana and other cities, residents are enduring blackouts lasting 20 to 22 hours every single
01:03day.
01:04Entire neighborhoods have lost refrigeration, water access, transportation, and even basic
01:11communications.
01:12Hospitals are struggling to keep generators running, food is rotting, gas stations are empty, and
01:20daily life is collapsing.
01:22The crisis has now exploded into the streets.
01:25Rare anti-government protests have erupted across Havana, with angry residents banging pots
01:32and pans, blocking roads and setting burning trash barricades while demanding electricity.
01:39Some of the demonstrations are being described as the biggest unrest in the Cuban capital,
01:44since the energy crisis intensified.
01:48At the center of the collapse is a massive U.S. pressure campaign targeting Cuba's fuel supply.
01:54Earlier this year, the Trump administration imposed new measures threatening penalties and
02:00tariffs against countries exporting oil to Cuba.
02:04The move effectively choked off fuel shipments from Venezuela and Mexico, two of Cuba's biggest
02:11energy suppliers.
02:13Now, Cuban officials say the island has been pushed to the brink.
02:17The national grid is surviving only on limited domestic crude oil, natural gas, and unstable
02:24renewable energy systems that cannot meet demand.
02:28And while occasional Russian tankers have delivered emergency oil shipments, it has not been enough
02:35to stop the collapse.
02:36The humanitarian situation is becoming increasingly severe.
02:41Shortages of medicine, food, fuel, and electricity are crippling the country's economy.
02:48Tourism, one of Cuba's main financial lifelines, is collapsing under endless outages and fuel shortages.
02:56Meanwhile, the United Nations has criticized the Cuban blockade, warning it could violate basic
03:02human rights, tied to food, healthcare, and electricity access.
03:07But critics of the Cuban government argue decades of economic mismanagement and aging infrastructure
03:14also played a major role in creating the disaster now unfolding.
03:19Still, for ordinary Cubans, the political blame game matters less than survival.
03:25Because tonight, much of Cuba remains without power.
03:30And unless fuel arrives soon, officials warn the island could face even deeper collapse in
03:36the coming days.
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