Cuba Runs Out of Diesel and Fuel Oil as Blackouts Worsen

Cuba has run out of fuel oil and diesel, with only a limited supply of gas left, the BBC reported today, citing the country’s energy minister, who said Cuba’s energy system was in critical condition. “The sum of the different types of fuel: crude oil, fuel oil, of which we have absolutely none; diesel, of which we have absolutely none - I am being repetitive - the only thing we have is gas from our wells, where production has grown,” Vicente de la O Levy said. The island nation has been suffering extensive blackouts as a…