Almost three months after the US effectively imposed an oil blockade on Cuba that worsened its energy crunch, nearly every aspect of Cuban society has been feeling the strain.
Trash has been piling up on the streets of the capital, hospital stays and surgeries are being limited, people are using wood fires to heat water, and blackouts have become commonplace.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the crisis in a nationally televised press conference on Friday, during which he insisted that authorities were seeking solutions but acknowledged that the task wouldn’t be simple.
Here’s how Cuba reached this point and where it could go from here.
Since the…