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Cuba Runs Out of Fuel, Plunging Country Into Darkness and Protests

Bloomberg Markets · May 14, 2026, 1:51 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Cuba said the country has completely run out of the diesel and fuel oil it needs to keep its power plants running, with civil unrest starting to break out amid a de facto US energy blockade of the communist-run nation.

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France 24 Cuba says oil reserves have 'run out' as blackouts, fuel shortages spark protests The Hindu Cuba has run out of diesel and fuel oil amid U.S. oil blockade DW English Cuba's power grid 'critical' as US blocks fuel shipments Euronews Marco Rubio says Cuba's leaders must go as US offers country €85 million in aid

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