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    <text>Cuba announces it has completely run out of diesel fuel due to a U.S. blockade of the island as blackouts in Havana now exceed 20-22 hours per day. </text>
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    <text>Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum announces a new shipment of humanitarian aid to Cuba in response to the island's worsening economic and humanitarian conditions linked to the U.S. oil blockade. </text>
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    <text>Cuban president and First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Díaz-Canel warns the United States that his forces will wage a guerrilla warfare campaign if the U.S. military invades and occupies the country. </text>
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    <text>Mexico's navy launches a search and rescue operation in the Caribbean Sea for two sailboats, which departed from Isla Mujeres with nine crew members, carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after they failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled and lost communication. </text>
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    <text>The United States says it will not allow Cuba to receive any shipments of fuel oil from Russia as two Russian tankers are en route to Havana to deliver around 190,000 barrels of oil amid a critical shortage on the island. </text>
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      <text>Cuban authorities arrest five people after protesters damaged and set fire to a Communist Party office in Morón, Ciego de Ávila Province, during demonstrations over prolonged blackouts and shortages of basic goods. </text>
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    <text>Cuban authorities arrest five people after a small group of protesters damaged and set fire to a Communist Party office in Morón, Ciego de Ávila Province, during demonstrations over prolonged blackouts and shortages of basic goods. </text>
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    <text>A major blackout across much of western Cuba, including Havana, leaves millions without power, following a fault at the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas. Officials estimate it will last at least 72 hours. </text>
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    <text>Cuban authorities arrest ten Panamanian nationals in Havana, accusing them of creating anti-government signs in exchange for being paid US$1,000–1,500 and charging them under laws that prohibit propaganda against the constitution, offenses that carry prison terms of three to eight years. </text>
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    <text>Cuba's Habanos S.A. suspends the annual Habanos Cigar Festival in Havana amid a sharp decline in tourists and a severe shortage of fuel due to the ongoing U.S. blockade. </text>
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    <text>Exceptions include Canada, Cuba, Mexico, North Korea, and Russia. Canada and Mexico had tariffs placed on them in February, while Cuba, North Korea, and Russia are under U.S. sanctions. </text>
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  <text>Cuban authorities release independent journalist Yoani Sánchez and activists Berta Soler and María Cristina Labrada after detaining them for several hours in Havana. </text>
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