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Updated: February 11, 2026 @ 10:06 pm
In Havana, a Dominican nun raised $7,000 towards installing solar panels on the roof of a nursing home that doubles up as a soup kitchen for Cuba’s needy
Cuban vendor Elio Galvan sells charcoal to families who have begun cooking over open fires amid ever longer blackouts caused by fuel shortages
Charcoal has become a hot commodity in Cuba, where more and more people are cooking over open fires after the United States cut off the country’s oil supplies
Solar panels are highly sought after in Cuba, as a way of ensuring power supply through blackouts of up to 12 hours a day in the capital Havana
In Havana, a Dominican nun raised $7,000 towards installing solar panels on the roof of a nursing home that doubles up as a soup kitchen for Cuba’s needy
Cuban vendor Elio Galvan sells charcoal to families who have begun cooking over open fires amid ever longer blackouts caused by fuel shortages
Charcoal has become a hot commodity in Cuba, where more and more people are cooking over open fires after the United States cut off the country’s oil supplies
Solar panels are highly sought after in Cuba, as a way of ensuring power supply through blackouts of up to 12 hours a day in the capital Havana
The US oil siege, which has worsened an already severe energy crisis, has created two classes of Cubans: those who use generators or solar panels to power their ovens, and those who have resorted to cooking over open fires.
On the side of a highway on the outskirts of Havana, vendors sell bags of charcoal and makeshift braziers, some fashioned from old washing machine drums.
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