Fuel crunch halts Havana buses, squeezes hospitals and deepens Cuba’s power cuts
News from Latin America and Mercosur [Unofficial]
February 7, 2026
Cuba’s fuel shortage is rippling through daily life, with Havana’s urban bus network largely shut down, hospitals preparing to scale back non-urgent services, and longer planned blackouts announced in some areas—while social-media reports pointed to pots-and-pans protests in parts of the capital.
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