Mastodawn

Blackouts across Havana and the eastern part of Cuba for the past several hours due to Cuba running out of fuel due to the U.S. blockade. The blackouts in at least eastern Cuba will be indefinite.
#cuba #usblockade #imperialism

CBC Top Stories 2d ago

Cuba suffers partial grid failure hours after minister reveals country out of fuel oil, diesel
Cuba's electrical grid suffered a partial collapse early on Thursday morning, the country's grid operator UNE said, snuffing out power across eastern Cuba and testing the patience of Cubans already exhausted ‌from seemingly interminable blackouts amid a U.S. fuel blockade.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-grid-partial-collapse-fuel-needs-9.7200022?cmp=rss

Mathrubhumi English 3d ago

‘Absolutely no diesel’: Cuba blames US blockade as island faces blackout crisis https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/cuba-runs-out-diesel-fuel-oil-blackouts-us-blockade-qhg4lcqc?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Cuba #Blackout #FuelCrisis #USBlockade #Havana

Farhad A.5d ago

Three tankers — two Qatari LNG carriers and one Emirati LPG vessel — are currently transiting the Strait of Hormuz through Omani waters.

#StraitOfHormuz #WarOnIran #USblockade

Farhad A.5d ago

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was sighted in the Red Sea on May 8 after transiting the Suez Canal.

The carrier strike group is heading toward the Gulf area as part of a joint French-British effort aimed at safeguarding commercial shipping routes and reinforcing freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

#France #Aircraftcarrier #WarOnIran #StraiOfHormuz #USblockade #WestAsia

CBC World 6d ago

How the U.S. blockade is starting to hurt Iran's economy
Soon after he ordered a naval blockade in mid-April, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Iran's pipelines would "explode" within a few days from the inability to export crude oil. While that extreme prediction didn't come true, there's evidence the blockade is starting to hurt Iran's economy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-iran-oil-exports-naval-blockade-strait-of-hormuz-9.7190255?cmp=rss

Farhad A.6d ago

Protests in Tehran against the recent price hikes.

Woman holding a handwritten sign:

The 3rd phase of the war is "economic"
It is the turn of the executive and judiciary branches to take the lead (the exact translation is: It is the turn of the executive and judiciary branches to sit by the launchers).

#Tehran #IranProtests #Economy #WarOnIran #Iran #USblockade