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Russian aviation authorities said they would evacuate their tourists from Cuba after Cuban officials warned of a critical jet‑fuel shortage they blamed on a U.S. oil blockade.

El Pais
Russia Announces Repatriation of Its Tourists in Cuba

The Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport warns that fuel shortages on the Caribbean island are critical

Russia Announces Repatriation of Its Tourists in Cuba
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The Guardian
Moscow preparing to evacuate Russian tourists from Cuba amid US oil blockade

Cuban aviation authorities have warned country is running out of jet fuel, threatening to derail tourism industry Air Canada cancels all flights to Cuba as US oil blockade cuts off fuel access Moscow has said it is planning to evacuate Russian tourists from Cuba within days as a fuel crisis triggered by US efforts to choke off the island’s oil supplies deepens. Russia’s aviation authorities said on Wednesday that two of its airlines serving the Caribbean island would operate outbound-only flights to bring tourists home before suspending services. Continue reading. . .

Moscow preparing to evacuate Russian tourists from Cuba amid US oil blockade
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Handelsblatt
U.S. oil embargo: Cuba crisis: rethink travel to the island

Because of severe energy problems, vacations on the socialist Caribbean island are currently hardly possible. How tour operators and airlines are responding and what that means for travelers.

U.S. oil embargo: Cuba crisis: rethink travel to the island
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The Washington Post
Cuba is collapsing. That’s an opportunity for Trump — and the island.

The president’s love of a deal could drive meaningful change.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Airlines suspend flights to Cuba: The American oil embargo hits tourism as Cuba's main foreign currency earner

The tourism sector is vital for Cubans. But since the US no longer allows oil deliveries from Venezuela to the island, Cuba's main economic driver is suffering.

Airlines suspend flights to Cuba: The American oil embargo hits tourism as Cuba's main foreign currency earner
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by Luis Enrique Otero Carvajal

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elpais.com/america/2026...
El golpe al turismo coloca a la economía de Cuba ante el precipicio
La escasez de combustibles acelera el deterioro de la isla que ha venido perdiendo visitantes
elpais.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Die Presse
Crisis in Cuba: Trump aims to export the Venezuela model

Since the 1958/59 revolution, the communist regime has hardly ever been this weakened. The Trump administration is pressuring Cuba hard with an oil blockade. It wants to strike a deal—and is looking for a transitional figure like in Caracas.

Crisis in Cuba: Trump aims to export the Venezuela model
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El Pais
The blow to tourism puts Cuba's economy on the brink

The fuel shortage accelerates the island's decline, which has been losing visitors.

The blow to tourism puts Cuba's economy on the brink
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'The US campaign to starve Cuba of fuel should be understood as genocidal. They are targeting a whole nation, deliberately destroying conditions necessary for life, in flagrant violation of international law. Pure barbarism, there is no other way to describe it.'

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February 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM

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