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Canadians returning from Cuba amid energy crisis due to U.S. oil blockade
More than 5,000 Canadians remain in Cuba as airlines suspend flights due to fuel shortages caused by U.S. sanctions limiting oil supplies to the island.
- This week, major carriers began urgent repatriation after flights to Cuba were wound down due to unreliable aviation fuel, with Air Transat planning to repatriate 100 per cent of its customers by Feb. 17.
- The U.S. administration has pressured fuel suppliers to halt shipments to Cuba, moving to cut off traditional sources and threatening sanctions on Venezuela and Mexico.
- Airlines are sending empty outbound flights to Cuba to retrieve vacationing Canadians, loading enough fuel to avoid refuelling there, and consolidating schedules through Toronto's Pearson airport, causing cancellations.
- More than 6,500 customers were in Cuba at the start, with 1,500 returned or scheduled, and Canada's federal government began flights on Monday to retrieve about 3,000.
- On Thursday, two Mexican navy ships docked in Cuba with aid as Javier González and Andrés Pertierra warned of worsening conditions, with Pertierra saying `Tourism being throttled during what is supposed to be high season is going to touch everything else`.
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udgtvClosed hotels, suspended flights and cancelled excursions: the energy blockade imposed on Cuba by Washington threatens to give a shot of grace to island tourism, already punished by the coronavirus pandemic and US sanctions.The sector, which employs more than 300,000 Cubans and is the second source of foreign exchange income on the communist island, has already suffered in recent years the combined effect of the tightening of US sanctions under …
By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español. The Canadian government issued a travel alert Wednesday advising its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Cuba and urging those on the island to leave due to worsening fuel shortages. “Canadians are urged to leave the country while commercial flights are still available. Our government is working with airlines to help Canadians get home,” Foreign Minister Anita Anand said on X. The travel alert explains t…
Market Consensus Link Securities Meliá Hotels and Iberostar and airlines, such as Iberia (IAG) and Air Europa, have launched contingency plans in Cuba in the face of the US blockade on the export of Venezuelan oil, which threatens the supply of fuel to aircraft, the newspaper Expansión stands out in today’s edition. Meliá has closed three hotels on the island and Iberostar dos and group its customers in the rest of establishments that operate. …
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