Activists on the Nuestra América humanitarian aid convoy arrived over the weekend, as the island went dark.

The U.S.’s oil blockade on Cuba, a small island country already suppressed from decades of a comprehensive U.S. embargo, amounts to “economic warfare,” the purpose of which is to “suffocate” the country, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) said on Saturday as Cuba was plunged into its second nationwide blackout in a week. “We must lift the US oil blockade on Cuba. This is economic warfare designed…

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