# Cubans continue to endure hardships of US energy embargo

https://mins.news/en/item/21776

- CGTN, 2026-08-13 23:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://newsus.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-14/Cubans-continue-to-endure-hardships-of-US-energy-embargo-1PAHtkjgH6M/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> For six months, a U.S. oil blockade has severely affected Cuba’s economy and society. Hospitals have lacked power for essential equipment, while people face blackouts lasting up to 20 hours, shortages of cooking gas and transport fuel, and failures of pumps supplying drinking water.

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