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Fuel crisis grounds Cuba flights

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Airlines suspended many flights to Cuba after acute jet-fuel shortages on the island, which officials and airlines tied to U.S. sanctions blocking Venezuelan oil, stranding tourists.

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the US is engineering a famine in Cuba, intensifying el bloqueo.

some expect the Cuban military to fight regime change, unlike Venezuela.
Air Canada suspends flights to Cuba due to fuel shortage https://aje.news/h97ko7
February 10, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM

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Cuba has told international airlines that it will not be able to supply them with jet fuel from Tuesday. The measure, at the height of the tourist season, is expected to hit US, Spanish, Panamanian and Mexican airlines. ft.trib.al/fRmayws
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Canadian airlines suspend Cuba flights as island set to run out of jet fuel - Reuters — Why don’t they refuel in the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic or Mexico?
February 10, 2026 at 6:18 AM