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Cut Off From Fuel, Cuba Is Still Surviving
President Trump has tried to strangle #Cuba by blocking its #oil imports. But 6 months later, the island is finding ways to endure.
https://www. nytimes.com/2026/07/27/world/a mericas/trump-oil-gas-cuba-havana.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.Zql6.pbsSEc1cSKGY&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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July 27, 2026

...After a week on the ground, we found that while Cubans are clearly suffering, they are also doing what perhaps they do best: adapting.

They are swapping their gas-guzzling 1950s American cars for electric motorcycles and rickshaws from China; importing hefty lithium batteries to keep televisions and fans running through blackouts; jury-rigging generators to run on more accessible natural gas; and installing #SolarPanels on rooftops and even vehicles.

Together, the workarounds amount to a new Cuban energy grid — this one more in the hands of the Cuban people, propping up society with the electricity off and fuel lines dry.

#OilForCuba! #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #RenewableEnergy
#news #politics

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Cut Off From Fuel, Cuba Is Still Surviving
President Trump has tried to strangle #Cuba by blocking its #oil imports. But 6 months later, the island is finding ways to endure.
https://www. nytimes.com/2026/07/27/world/a mericas/trump-oil-gas-cuba-havana.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.Zql6.pbsSEc1cSKGY&smid=url-share

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[gift article]

July 27, 2026

...After a week on the ground, we found that while Cubans are clearly suffering, they are also doing what perhaps they do best: adapting.

They are swapping their gas-guzzling 1950s American cars for electric motorcycles and rickshaws from China; importing hefty lithium batteries to keep televisions and fans running through blackouts; jury-rigging generators to run on more accessible natural gas; and installing #SolarPanels on rooftops and even vehicles.

Together, the workarounds amount to a new Cuban energy grid — this one more in the hands of the Cuban people, propping up society with the electricity off and fuel lines dry.

#OilForCuba! #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #RenewableEnergy
#news #politics