{"id":88199,"date":"2023-07-06T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cuba-turns-to-former-ally-russia-to-tackle-fuel-crisis-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T00:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T23:00:11","slug":"cuba-turns-to-former-ally-russia-to-tackle-fuel-crisis-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/cuba-turns-to-former-ally-russia-to-tackle-fuel-crisis-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba turns to former ally Russia to tackle fuel crisis &#8211; BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/L-GSxzSrpW0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Cuba turns to former ally Russia to tackle fuel crisis - BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L-GSxzSrpW0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Amid a crippling fuel crisis and a dire economic outlook, the island&#8217;s leadership has again turned to its old ally, Russia, for help.<\/p>\n<p>At the height of the crisis, the queues of cars at the petrol pumps stretched for several city blocks.<\/p>\n<p>For weeks, the fuel crisis has pushed the beleaguered Cuban people to the brink of desperation.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the latest in a series of major challenges Cuba have faced recently: food insecurity, inflation and electricity blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>Please subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid a crippling fuel crisis and a dire economic outlook, the island&#8217;s leadership has again turned to its old ally, Russia, for help. 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