A blockade of oil deliveries to Cuba has forced emergency rationing, kneecapping the country's critical tourism and tobacco sectors even as remittances are under threat and income earned from sending doctors abroad has been all but cut off. Foreign governments pay Havana directly for the doctors' services, but Washington has taken aim at the program it claims amounts to forced labor. Guyana, which has had agreements with Havana for decades, said it will in future pay doctors directly. The oil dearth also threatens to deal a fatal blow to tourism, the island's second source of foreign income after doctors. - Tobacco -Cuba is known as a producer of high-quality tobacco and cigars.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 17, 2026 03:10 UTC