There have been hours-long queues for basic foodstuffs in recent weeks
BBC: Cubans warned of imminent severe fuel crisis due to US sanctions
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has warned the country to expect problems with fuel supplies in the coming weeks.
He said the distribution, especially of diesel, was being badly affected by US sanctions against Venezuela - Cuba's principal oil supplier.
He said it was likely there would be blackouts next week, suggesting that people should work from home.
Mr Díaz-Canel said Cuba was in a better position than in the 1990s - the years of extreme austerity and blackouts.
That time - known as the Special Period - followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, a key donor of the Communist-run island.
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Update #1: Cuba’s president warns that energy cutbacks are looming (AP)
Update #2: Cuba says battling acute fuel shortage due to U.S. sanctions (Reuters)
WNU editor: Cuba is blaming new U.S. sanctions for these shortages, but these shortages first started in 2015 when Venezuela started to cut-back its shipment of fuel to Venezuela. Here is an easy prediction. These shortages are going to get worse.
