Residents prepare a soup over an open fire during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 19, 2024. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo
Cuba is on the verge of economic collapse, and there’s no immediate relief on tap from longtime patron Russia or Cuba’s biggest trading partner, China.
Its tenuous ties to nearby Mexico are likely to be severed soon, leaving the island nation seemingly out of options for replacing the discounted oil it imported from Venezuela to fuel its economy and provide the communist regime with hard currency.
