With Boss Hogg’s latest war in Iran, his blockade of Cuba, and the suffering of the Cuban people, is being ignored.

 

With Fuel Running Out, Cuba’s Tourism Is Collapsing

The Trump administration’s decision to cut off foreign oil to the island is devastating its tourism industry, a key source of income for a government being pushed to the edge.

Airlines sent empty jets to the island to take thousands of tourists back home, a stark sign of the volatile conditions in Cuba as the Trump administration’s campaign has created an increasingly desperate situation for Cuba and its people. Abandoned trucks, cars and motorbikes, apparently out of gas, littered the road to the airport, while the people wait in long lines for food, that is increasingly hard to find.

“What does it mean to prevent a single drop of fuel from reaching a country?” President Miguel Díaz-Canel said recently. “It means affecting food transportation, food production, public transportation, the functioning of hospitals, institutions of all kinds, schools, economic output, and tourism.”

He added: “Surrender is not an option.”