Havana, Feb 13, 2026 (AFP) - Tourists empty out of Cuba as US fuel blockade bites

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2026-02-13

With rolling power cuts, hotel closures, and flight routes suspended for lack of fuel, tourists are gradually emptying out of Cuba, deepening a severe crisis on the cash-strapped island. Several nations have advised against travel to Cuba since the US tightened a decades-old embargo by choking vital oil imports. "I found only one taxi," said French tourist Frederic Monnet, who cut short a trip to a picturesque valley in western Cuba to head b......

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