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In Cuba, fuel shortages and electricity cuts are the daily suffering of its inhabitants, including animals, who also suffer from the consequences. At the National Zoo, staff struggle to protect their nearly 1,000 animals.
Tens of Cubans line up in the banks before they open up to be able to withdraw the maximum allowed cash, an estimated $28, at a time when prices are fired and tickets are scarce. The informal market has grown in recent months due to a lack of resources, low consumption and high costs, and Cuba has had to take alternatives to prevent the economy from falling further with the increase in US sanctions.
Marco Rubio made comments after Trump called Cuba a 'failed state' at the UN, prompting Cuban delegation to walk out.
On the island, cash has become a daily difficulty as inflation and weight loss aggravate purchasing power. Citizens make long lines to withdraw up to 20,000 pesos, about 28 dollars at the informal exchange, while the Government puts in circulation new high-denomination notes. The Cuban currency this week reached 700 pesos per dollar, a cost ten times more than in 2021.
The UN opened its 81st General Assembly in New York with the role of Trump, Lula and Macron. Trump proclaimed that the US is' the most powerful country in the world '; Lula denounced the democratic crisis in Venezuela and Cuba; and Macron called for greater international commitment to Palestine.
The well-known American journalist Jon Lee Anderson talks about the challenges facing Latin America amid the influence of the US and Donald Trump.
Donald Trump has once again criticised Cuba, saying in his UN General Assembly address on Tuesday that the country would “fall.” His remarks prompted reactions ranging from outrage to indifference among Cubans, as the island faces one of its most severe economic crises and continues to deal with pressure and threats from its US neighbour. Camille Corcoran reports.
The Cuban National Zoo is struggling to keep its animals alive in the midst of the crisis. The lack of food, medicine and resources requires a choice between species survival or payment to staff. The crisis forced the zoo to limit reproduction programs, as more young people involve more food.
President Donald Trump addressed the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, 22 September, where he addressed a number of hot issues, such as Ukraine, Greenland and artificial intelligence. In his country, the white house tenant was less virulent than usual.
To the UN General Assembly, the US President. United States, Donald Trump, launched several international warnings: the Republican claimed that he weighed between allowing Iran's reconstruction or "annihilating them" and "bringing them to hell," he said his country will control Greenland's security, said Cuba is a "failed state" that "will fall." And he said Washington will not stop the advance of the IA, despite the alerts. He extended our correspondent, Mamen Sala.
Donald Trump assured on Tuesday 22 September in the UN rostrum that Cuba would "fall", without saying how, stating that his government wanted a "substantive change" on the island. The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, described the statements of the President of the United States as "calumnia".
Donald Trump called Cuba a "weak" state in his speech at the UN General Assembly on 22 September, sparking the anger of the Cuban delegation, who left the room in protest. Havana called the statements "salmonous".
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly, addressing several burning issues, such as Ukraine, Greenland and artificial intelligence. Fragilized at home, the White House tenant was less virulent than usual.
Cuba faces another national blackout in the midst of an energy crisis that is aggravated by the US oil embargo. The US and the deterioration of its power grid. Millions of citizens were left without light for hours and are managed to cope with the situation: from portable solar panels to load phones to improvised fans to fight heat.
The outage marks at least the sixth one this year after a United States-imposed energy blockade went into effect.
Cuba faces another national blackout in the midst of an energy crisis that is aggravated by the US oil embargo. The US and the deterioration of its power grid. Millions of citizens were left without light for hours and are managed to cope with the situation: from portable solar panels to load phones to improvised fans to fight heat.
Cuba was plunged into its seventh massive blackout of the year on Friday. The island of over nine million people endures constant power cuts due to the poor state of its aging thermoelectric plants – but the situation has worsened significantly since January, when Washington imposed a de facto energy blockade on the island. Story by Shirli Sitbon.
Cuba suffers on Friday 18 September a further general power outage, the seventh since the beginning of the year, against the background of a serious fuel shortage on the communist island, under pressure from Washington.
Widespread power outages have become increasingly common due to fuel shortages made worse by a US blockade.
On Friday, the Cuban electricity network suffered a total breakdown, plunging the country into darkness and depriving millions of people of electricity in a context of US pressure campaign, which complicates the supply of fuel. This is the seventh general breakdown since the beginning of the year.
