As Washington cuts off Cuba's oil supply and positions warships off Havana, tourism-dependent Caribbean nations face existential economic threat from a conflict they did not choose

MONTEGO BAY,  Jamaica, - Calvin G. Brown - January 31, 2026  |  In Artemisa, a photographer makes coffee over charcoal during blackouts that outlast the hours of power. In Havana, a doctor waits twenty-nine days for his turn at the petrol pump. Across Cuba, residents share a bitter joke: What's the difference between Cuba and the Titanic? The Titanic still had its lights on when it went down.