US President Donald Trump said this week that “Cuba is asking for help” and the United States will talk to this “collapsed country”.
The energy crisis in Cuba has really escalated. The Minister of Energy, Vicente de la O Levy, admitted in an interview with the state media that the country no longer has any oil, diesel or fuel oil.
According to him, only a limited amount of gas remains available from domestic wells, the production of which is growing, but it is not enough to cover the shortage of other fuels. According to him, the island’s energy system is in a critical state.
In a country where electricity and fuel long-term rely on a combination of imports and outdated infrastructure, such a confession has extraordinary weight. According to the minister, because of this, parts of Havana are affected by power outages lasting up to 22 hours a day.
The island has traditionally relied mainly on oil from Venezuela and Mexico, but these supplies have weakened significantly recently after Trump threatened to punish countries that would help Cuba with fuel.
In addition, another dispute with Washington enters the whole matter. The American administration once again offered Cuba humanitarian aid worth 100 million dollars (over two billion crowns), but in exchange for “meaningful reforms of the communist system”. But Cuba stood by the fact that it considers such an offer to be politically conditioned pressure, and rejected it.
