U.S. Wants Oil to Enter Cuba — For Its Embassy

The U.S. has been imposing an oil blockade on Cuba for two months, but it doesn’t want its Havana embassy to deal with the resulting blackouts. 

As the oil blockade has contributed to frequent blackouts on the island and ground economic life to a halt, the U.S. embassy in Havana requested authorization from the Cuban government to import fuel for its generators. 

According to diplomatic cables reviewed by The Washington Post, the Cuban government called the request “shameless.”