And oil shipments from Venezuela were halted after the United States attacked the South American country in early January and arrested its leader, Nicolas Maduro. That has meant that There are rolling national blackouts, gasoline shortages and rationing of energy in Cuba. This has made going to school, getting medical care, living a normal life impossible for the nearly 11 million people who live on this island just 90 miles off the coast of Florida, many of whom have lived their entire lives under a US Embargo. (03:54–04:02)
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Asserts that Cuba is experiencing blackouts, gasoline shortages, and energy rationing.
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