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Havana. — The energy crisis in Cuba has reached a critical level that is now directly affecting civil aviation. An official aeronautical notice (NOTAM) from José Martí International Airport in Havana confirms that the terminal is out of Jet A-1 fuel, which is standardly used by commercial aircraft.
The NOTAM, identified as A0356/26 and classified as international, explicitly states: “JET A-1 FUEL NOT AVBL” (no Jet A-1 fuel available). The notice has been active since February 10, 2026, at 05:00 UTC and will remain in effect at least until March 11, 2026, at 05:00 UTC, representing a full month without guaranteed supply at the country’s main airport.
These types of official notices are issued to alert pilots, airlines, and air operators about critical operational conditions. In this case, the lack of fuel means that airplanes cannot refuel in Havana, an extremely serious situation for an international airport that handles the majority of Cuba’s air traffic.
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Gaza 2.0?
Last time I checked not being able to air travel wasn’t one of the UN’s criteria for genocide … so maybe not.
i think @BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world is saying this is step one: create an open air prison aka ghetto by preventing movement out
Jfc. I really wish Carney would send Cuba fuel and food. I mean we should be able to do that at least.
The US navy would likely physically stop them though at this point. America First Died in Israel I guess. Now the party is calling the shots, holding the president’s hand to betray his past promises that won him the election, and betray a large number of people that supported him, but not the party.
As if starving/depriving a country has ever helped change their leadership. It cements their leaders in, they get a rally around the flag effect being attacked from outside. It makes a regime change less likely, and hurts working people in the process.
Sanctions, and embargoes, against countries have never worked for those stated purposes, and both parties love them, the neo liberal democrats supporting shit like this is part of how they lost in 2016 and beyond, and rejection of this kind of using the military to further the ideology and business interests of oligarchs that could only be describes as Enemies of the Republic, is part of how the president won control of the party and then the country. Not in his dotage being manipulated into betraying it, talk about Sad.
So no country/company is willing to sell them oil due to the sanctions, is that the issue?
It’s cheaper than a nuclear bomb.
The fuel is unavailable because the USA illegally invaded Venezuela and stole all its oil, and because the USA is trying to break Cuba through a blockade. And Maduro didn’t “decline”: the USA kidnapped him. The article takes great care to describe the consequences of the USA’s illegal actions without mentioning the USA.
Countries aren’t just ”not willing”, they can’t. And the country that did has had their oil shipments diverted and stolen, until the oil was just point blank stolen.
