Jude Weber

It's desperate.

The energy situation is just incredibly dire at the moment, and it's been getting worse all year.

So in January, President Trump threatened sanctions on any country that sent oil or gas or fuel to Cuba.

And then in the

Fuel oil and diesel ran out completely.

And this has knock-on effects on everything.

I mean, it's not just that they don't have petrol for cars.

They don't have electricity for up to 22 hours a day.

They don't have electricity for hospitals.

So, I mean, just in every way that you think life could be very difficult, I think the lack of energy has really, really compounded it.

Well, we saw the indictment of Raul Castro, who is 94.

He's the brother of Fidel Castro.

He's, you know, a stalwart of the revolution.

He's the sort of supreme leader figure in Cuba.

He's no longer the president, but the president is seen as somebody, Miguel Diaz-Canel, he's somebody who's seen to do the bidding of the Castros.

essentially.

So he's an enormously important figure.

So this week, Raul Castro was indicted for murder, conspiracy to kill US nationals, destruction of aircraft.

It relates to the downing of two civilian aircraft in 1996.

Four people were killed, three Americans and one resident.