‘A year of resistance’: Cuba’s private sector faces Trump’s oil blockade
Key takeaways
- The US oil blockade on Cuba is a significant blow to small family firms struggling with power outages and fuel shortages.
- While the stand looked like an oasis of plenty, its owner, 46-year-old Miguel Salva, phone glued to his ear, looked like a broker in the middle of a collapse.
- “The fuel crisis has been a nightmare for us,” he said after hanging up.
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The US oil blockade on Cuba is a significant blow to small family firms struggling with power outages and fuel shortages.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Miguel Salva, Oishi's owner in Havana, Cuba, says the oil blockade by the United States has created a 'nightmare' for him [Dariel Pradas/Al Jazeera]By Dariel Pradas Published On 9 May 20269 May 2026Havana, Cuba – On a Friday last month, every table outside Oishi’s food booth in Pabellon Cuba, an exhibition venue in the heart of Havana, was packed with customers eating burgers and pizzas.
While the stand looked like an oasis of plenty, its owner, 46-year-old Miguel Salva, phone glued to his ear, looked like a broker in the middle of a collapse.