Dear MEL Topic Readers,
How Cubans are navigating the US oil blockade with rechargeable fans
and solar-powered Chinese tricycles
In addition to the decades-long trade sanctions, the US administration launched a fuel blockade to Cuba, targeting oil tankers heading to Cuba and threatening tariffs on supplier nations, including Mexico and Venezuela. This has added more severity to the already suffering in the Cuban economy and everyday life. Such are widespread and continual blackouts, clean water shortages due to disabled water treatment and pumping facilities, and an increase in diseases because of failing water systems and food refrigeration. Also, cars and buses don’t have enough fuel to serve their purposes. However, Cubans have overcome whatever obstacles are placed in their way for decades to live without daily essentials through creativity and resilience. For example, farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires, commuters ride Chinese-made solar-powered e-tricycles, and restaurants grind coffee by hand if they ever have a diner. Cuba has very little fuel supply, but it seems abundant in vitality and ingenuity for survival.
Read the article and learn how resilient Cubans are.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cuba-us-oil-blockade-electricity-creativity-intl-latam
In addition to the decades-long trade sanctions, the US administration launched a fuel blockade to Cuba, targeting oil tankers heading to Cuba and threatening tariffs on supplier nations, including Mexico and Venezuela. This has added more severity to the already suffering in the Cuban economy and everyday life. Such are widespread and continual blackouts, clean water shortages due to disabled water treatment and pumping facilities, and an increase in diseases because of failing water systems and food refrigeration. Also, cars and buses don’t have enough fuel to serve their purposes. However, Cubans have overcome whatever obstacles are placed in their way for decades to live without daily essentials through creativity and resilience. For example, farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires, commuters ride Chinese-made solar-powered e-tricycles, and restaurants grind coffee by hand if they ever have a diner. Cuba has very little fuel supply, but it seems abundant in vitality and ingenuity for survival.
Read the article and learn how resilient Cubans are.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/05/americas/cuba-us-oil-blockade-electricity-creativity-intl-latam
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