Cuba Already Limiting Public Transport As Fuel Shortages From U.S. Pressure Intensify

Cuba has begun limiting some activities as fuel shortages resulting from U.S. pressure on the Havana regime intensify.

The Associated Press detailed that public transport between provinces is experiencing limitations, and some educational establishments told workers to stay at home.

The outlet noted that primary and secondary schools operated normally. So did banks, bakeries and pharmacies.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel had already warned that the country is making preparations to face "acute fuel shortages" as a result of pressure exerted by the United States.

"We'll live through tough times. These, in particular, are very tough," Diaz-Canel told press on Thursday.

Others are echoing the warnings. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Cuba could "collapse" if the current situation continues.

Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman for Guterres, told press that the secretary general is "extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation" in the Caribbean country, which will "worsen, if not collapse, if its oil needs go unmet."

Dujarric went on to say Guterres is urging "all parties to pursue dialogue and respect for international law."

Tensions continue to run high in the region as a report from the Financial Times last week claimed that the country has less than a month worth of oil at current levels of demand and domestic production.

Citing data company Kpler, the outlet noted on January 29 that the country had oil to last 15 to 20 days unless deliveries resume. "They have a major crisis on their hands" Jorge Piñon, an oil expert at the University of Texas told the outlet.

President Donald Trump has been urging the beleaguered country to engage before its stock runs out completely.

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, on his end, this week rejected reports that the country is taking steps towards formal negotiations with the U.S. but acknowledged there are conversations.

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