The US has been applying intense pressure on the island nation recently.
AFP8 Jun, 2026 05:38 PM2 mins to readPeople play dominoes by the light of a cell phone flashlight during a blackout in the Centro Habana neighbourhood in Havana. Photo / AFPThe United Nations human rights chief has urged Washington to immediately lift tough sanctions imposed on Cuba this year, warning they were causing widespread suffering and endangering lives.
While Cuba has been under a US trade embargo since 1962, President Donald Trump has drastically ramped up pressure in recent months,
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Volker Turk, the UN's high commissioner for human rights, warns that 'children are dying' as result of US oil blockade.
The ongoing US actions are 'suffocating the social fabric of Cuban society', according to the expert.
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The new measures come on top of a US blockade of oil to Cuba that has caused widespread blackouts and fuel shortages.
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