Overview
- Cuba’s energy minister said Wednesday on state TV that the island has “absolutely no” diesel or fuel oil, leaving the power grid in a critical state with no reserves.
- Rolling outages now stretch to 20–22 hours in parts of Havana, and nighttime street protests flared as residents banged pots, blocked roads and demanded electricity.
- The United States publicly restated a $100 million humanitarian offer with satellite internet routed through the Catholic Church, while Havana questioned the proposal and blamed a U.S. fuel blockade.
- Venezuela and Mexico halted shipments after Trump’s January tariff threat, and a single Russian donation that arrived in late March has already been used up.
- Limited domestic crude, natural gas and roughly 1,300 megawatts of solar are keeping parts of the system running, but weak storage hobbles solar output as the U.N. warns the blockade is unlawful and basic services are at risk.