Havana: Diesel and fuel oil reserves in Cuba have been completely exhausted. The capital, Havana, is facing the worst wave of recurring power outages in decades. This situation is due to the U.S. embargo, which has choked fuel supplies to the island, according to Cuba's Minister of Energy and Mines.

According to Oman News Agency, Minister of Energy Vicente de la O stated via media: "We have no fuel (oil) at all, no diesel at all." He added that the national grid is in a "critical" state and continued: "We have no reserves."

The Minister noted that power outages have significantly increased this week and last week across Havana. Many neighborhoods remain without electricity for 20 to 22 hours per day. This has heightened tension in a city already exhausted by shortages of food, fuel, and medicine.

De la O stated that Cuba has installed 1,300 megawatts of solar panel capacity over the past two years. However, much of this energy is wasted due to grid instability amid fuel shortages, reducing both efficiency and output.

Power outages are occurring in Havana and beyond as the U.S. embargo on fuel imports into Cuba enters its fourth month. This has paralyzed public services across the Caribbean island, home to nearly 10 million people.

The United Nations last week described the embargo imposed by Trump as illegal. The UN stated that the embargo has hindered "the Cuban people's right to development" and undermined "their rights to food, education, health, water, and sanitation."