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Showdown Looms As Putin Sends Tanker of Fuel Toward Cuba

The fuel shortage has plunged Cuba’s economy into a free-fall, culminating in a nationwide blackout last week.

Cyclists pass in front of images of Cuba’s past presidents, Fidel Castro and Raul Castro, and its current president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, at Havana on March 18, 2026.
Cyclists pass in front of images of Cuba’s past presidents, Fidel Castro and Raul Castro, and its current president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, at Havana on March 18, 2026. Ramon Espinosa/AP