Aid to Cuba is being restricted by two distinct but related U.S. policies: the decades-long economic embargo and a more recent effort to cut off the island’s oil supply. The U.S. embargo on Cuba has been in place since the 1960s and broadly limits Cuba’s access to global trade, finance, and shipping, making it difficult in practice for goods, including humanitarian aid, to reach the country. More recently, U.S. actions targeting oil shipments, particularly from Venezuela and other suppliers, have sharply reduced Cuba’s fuel imports, worsening electricity shortages and contributing to nationwide blackouts. These measures are part of a broader U.S. strategy to exert economic pressure on the Cuban government and limit its capacity to operate, though they have also deepened the country’s ongoing humanitarian and energy crisis.
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