A lack of water, money and electricity combined with a U.S energy blockade are forcing Cubans to eliminate long-established and often beloved routines as they adapt to increasingly dire realities.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46389139

April 23, 2026 [with video]

Severe shortages of water, power and money combined with a U.S energy blockade have deepened poverty and increased hunger across the island as severe blackouts persist. Even those who are more affluent are now eliminating long-established and often beloved routines as they adapt to increasingly dire realities.

Cuba’s government has said that the elimination of the U.S. energy embargo was a top priority for its delegation, calling it an “act of economic coercion” and “unjustified punishment.”