cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42890299
Havana. — The energy crisis in Cuba has reached a critical level that is now directly affecting civil aviation. An official aeronautical notice (NOTAM) from José Martí International Airport in Havana confirms that the terminal is out of Jet A-1 fuel, which is standardly used by commercial aircraft.
The NOTAM, identified as A0356/26 and classified as international, explicitly states: “JET A-1 FUEL NOT AVBL” (no Jet A-1 fuel available). The notice has been active since February 10, 2026, at 05:00 UTC and will remain in effect at least until March 11, 2026, at 05:00 UTC, representing a full month without guaranteed supply at the country’s main airport.
These types of official notices are issued to alert pilots, airlines, and air operators about critical operational conditions. In this case, the lack of fuel means that airplanes cannot refuel in Havana, an extremely serious situation for an international airport that handles the majority of Cuba’s air traffic.
Because Cuba must be seen as a failing state. The US cannot risk having a successful socialist nation so close by. So it does all the can to sabotage Cuba in hopes that idiots won’t see through the plan.
It says something that A, quite a few idiots can’t see through the plan and that B, it’s taken 70 years of blockade and multiple invasions of other countries to make Cuba fail. Almost as if socialism works really fucking well and the US is probably dumber than we look.
Capitalism relies on:
…it amplifies specific human traits:
This is great for innovation, growth, and resource extraction. But it is dynamically unstable without adequate regulation, because:
Socialism, on the other hand, can more easily prioritize things like survival over growth, equality over abundance, stability over economic freedom.
They may not have the capacity for building out a super cool surveillance network off the back of spectacle-driven consumers and their electric/network, so that they can continue farming behavioral data to feature embed on models and sell to the biggest bidder, like your life insurance companies (too bad, I know…). But they sure as shit can be robust to all kinds of embargo, sanction, tariff, … you name it.