Cuba is Starving Because of US Sanctions: The World Has Chosen to Look Away

OHO Media International By Max Thompson March 17, 2026

While the world is fixated on the Iran war and collapsing stock markets, an entire nation of 11 million people is quietly sliding into famine, darkness and total collapse — directly caused by intensified United States sanctions.

Cuba’s crisis is not the result of bad weather or poor management alone. It is the direct and intended consequence of America’s long-running economic war against the island, which has been tightened dramatically in recent years.

How Current US Sanctions Are Destroying Cuba

The United States has maintained its embargo on Cuba for over 60 years, but the latest round of sanctions has pushed the country to the breaking point:

The US has effectively blocked almost all oil imports by threatening any country or company that sells fuel to Cuba.
Venezuelan oil shipments — Cuba’s main lifeline — have been cut off.
Banks and shipping companies worldwide are terrified of secondary sanctions, so food, medicine and spare parts cannot reach the island.
Remittances and tourism (Cuba’s two biggest sources of hard currency) have been severely restricted.

The results are catastrophic and visible right now:

Nationwide blackouts lasting days or even weeks — hospitals, homes and factories are without electricity.
Almost no fuel left for transport, farming or generators.
Severe food shortages — basic items like rice, beans, milk and cooking oil are either missing from shelves or priced in dollars that ordinary Cubans cannot afford.
People are eating whatever they can find. Farmers cannot harvest crops because there is no diesel for machinery.

This is collective punishment on a national scale.

The World’s Selective Silence

The most disturbing part is how little the international community seems to care.

There are no emergency UN sessions, no global protests, no celebrity campaigns, and almost no mainstream media coverage. The same outlets that give 24/7 attention to other crises treat Cuba’s suffering as a footnote.

The United States openly admits the sanctions are meant to pressure the Cuban government, yet the punishment falls hardest on ordinary citizens — children, the elderly, and the sick.

Cuba is being slowly strangled with economic weapons, and the world has decided it is not their problem.

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