As Cuba's power crisis deepens, Havana residents speak out

Cover image: Residents of Havana walk down a street where several people are trying to fix a car amid a national fuel crisis. © FRANCE 24

Cubans are in the grips of a deepening power and fuel crisis – exacerbated by a US oil blockade launched earlier this year – that has left the country's poorest struggling to cope. FRANCE 24's exclusive report found that residents in Havana are now turning against their own government.

Under pressure from the Trump administration, Cuba's government has announced a sweeping package of economic reforms, but the island is still running on empty with electricity and fuel rationed to a trickle.