Cuba on edge as US seizure of oil tanker puts supply at risk

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HAVANA/HOUSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. move this week to seize an oil tanker out of Venezuela is poised to make a bad situation worse for a crisis-stricken Cuba already struggling to source enough oil to power its ailing economy and electrical grid. The Communist-run nation, a nearby neighbor and long-time foe of the United States, suffers daily, hours-long rolling blackouts that have decimated productivity and tested the patience of its exhausted residents. Sign up here. Cuba depends on Venezuela’s crude and refined products – transported to the island by small vessels and a shadow fleet of sanctioned tankers…

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