Since January, the Trump administration has blocked foreign oil to Cuba. Will the island's cigars survive the crisis?
Since January, the Trump administration has blocked foreign oil to Cuba. Will the island's trademark cigars survive the crisis?
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Just steps away from the bustling chaos of Old Havana, Esteban García stands idly in a silent cigar shop, staring blankly at the empty mahogany shelves that lie behind a heavy glass door.
“We haven’t received a shipment in a month,” says the store manager, who asked to use a pseudonym for fear of retaliation.
US oil blockade on Cuba is a significant blow to small family firms struggling with power outages and fuel shortages.
Havana's streets have changed as a US fuel blockade restricts the movements of vehicles and people and hits businesses.
The US says it will licence entities to sell the oil to Cuba except those linked to the Cuban government and military.
The communist-run island nation is thought to be facing its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union amid a U.S. oil…
The fuel-starved Caribbean island is facing its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union under a U.S. oil blockade.
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