Overview
- Havana announced a four-day work week for state entities, limits on fuel sales, cuts to interprovincial buses and trains, and shorter school days with hybrid university instruction starting Monday.
- Ministers said fuel will be directed to healthcare, water supply, agriculture, ports, and export earners such as tourism and cigar production, with domestic and international flights not immediately affected.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico will dispatch food and supplies within days and is negotiating with Washington over oil deliveries, as Pemex signals it intends to honor contracts with Cuba despite an earlier pause.
- After declaring a national emergency, the U.S. threatened tariffs on any country supplying Cuba with oil and announced an additional $6 million in aid to be routed through the Catholic Church, a move Cuba criticized.
- Cubans reported halted bus services, longer gas lines, and worsening blackouts, with the crisis intensifying after Venezuelan shipments stopped in January and as Russia’s ambassador said crude deliveries to Cuba would continue.