Cuba’s repeated grid collapses, fuel shortages, shipping suspensions, and container backlogs are disrupting food, medicine, humanitarian assistance, private businesses, and daily life across the island.

In early February 2026, the situation in Cuba has shifted from a chronic economic struggle to an urgent humanitarian and cultural crisis. Recent global events—specifically the loss of primary oil shipments from Venezuela and new U.S. executive orders threatening tariffs…

In a small rehearsal space in Havana, or a community center in Medellín, the music does not stop when a string breaks or a key sticks. Educators and students in these spaces have long practiced a form of resilience where…