Aerial view of Jose Marti Worldwide Airport in Havana, taken from an airplane on April 3, 2025.
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The Cuban authorities mentioned worldwide airways can not refuel within the island nation as a result of gas shortages after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any nation that provides the communist nation with oil.
Cuba’s management mentioned Sunday that the nation will run out of aviation gas from Monday, doubtless disrupting airways working there, in line with EFE information company, which cited two sources. The kerosene scarcity is predicted to persist for the following month, with all of Cuba’s worldwide airports affected.
Cuba’s Overseas Ministry and the Cuban Embassy in London didn’t instantly reply to a CNBC request for remark.
The Trump administration has sought to tighten the U.S. chokehold on Cuba since Jan. 3, when it performed an audacious army operation to depose Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a longtime ally of Cuba’s authorities.
Trump, in an govt order issued on the finish of January, mentioned the Cuban authorities constituted “an uncommon and extraordinary risk,” which required a nationwide emergency declaration.
The U.S. president mentioned Cuba’s ties to nations together with China, Russia and Iran, human rights violations and communist management destabilize the area “by way of migration and violence.”
As a part of the announcement, Trump mentioned U.S. tariffs could goal nations that present any oil to Cuba, whether or not instantly or not directly.
Russia: Gas scenario in Cuba is ‘important’
Gripped by a deepening power disaster, Cuba on Friday outlined in depth measures designed to guard important providers and ration gas provides for key sectors.
The plan reportedly contains restrictions on gas gross sales, the closure of some vacationer institutions, shortening college days and a discount of the working week at state-owned corporations to 4 days, from Monday to Thursday.
Russia, which holds pleasant ties with Cuba, mentioned Monday that Havana’s gas scenario was “really important” and that U.S. makes an attempt to additional strain the nation have been inflicting quite a few issues.
“The scenario in Cuba is really important. We all know this. We’re in intensive contact with our Cuban pals by way of diplomatic and different channels. Certainly, for example the U.S.’s stranglehold is inflicting many difficulties for the nation,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov advised reporters on Monday, in line with Russian state information outlet RIA Novosti.
Pedestrians stroll previous the Habana Libre resort, previously the Habana Hilton, in Havana on Feb. 2, 2026.
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Cuba’s overseas minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, beforehand mentioned the nation’s management condemned Washington’s tariff threats within the “strongest attainable phrases.”
In a press release posted on Jan. 30, Parrilla additionally accused the U.S. authorities of resorting to “blackmail and coercion in an try and make different nations to affix its universally condemned blockade coverage towards Cuba.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mentioned final week that her authorities would intention to ship humanitarian support to Cuba from Monday, including that the nation is working to discover a diplomatic resolution to renew oil shipments to the Caribbean island.
Mexico had paused shipments of crude and refined merchandise to Cuba amid strain from the Trump administration.
