The validity period of the notification is for one month, from February 10th to March 11th. This announcement could affect the already battered national tourism sector, which has been mired in a crisis since the pandemic due to the consequences of COVID-19, US sanctions, and the country's economic problems, which are dragging down the quality of the offering and service. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, signed a presidential order on January 29th threatening tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba, alleging that the island poses a national security threat to his country. Cuba produces only a third of its energy needs. For the rest, it relied on imports from Venezuela (which in 2025 accounted for around 30% of the total) and, to a lesser extent, from Mexico and Russia. Russia seeks to help Cuba after running out of aviation fuel. Russia will do everything possible to help with the airport crisis and facilitate the return of Russian tourists, stated Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov following Havana's announcement that it has run out of aviation fuel. "Both through diplomatic channels and other means, we maintain intense contacts with our Cuban friends," declared Peskov at his daily telephone press briefing, noting that "the situation in Cuba is indeed critical." He added that "these suffocating measures by the United States really generate great difficulties for the country" and assured that Moscow and Havana are studying "possible ways to solve these problems, or at least mitigate them." According to information released on Monday by the press service of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry, there are currently around 4,000 Russian tourists in the Caribbean nation, and all scheduled flights are operating normally. The day before, the Cuban government warned international airlines operating on the island that as of this Monday, the country would run out of aviation fuel due to the US oil siege, as EFE was able to confirm with two sources. The official NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) message from Cuban authorities to pilots and air traffic controllers specifies that the kerosene deficit affects all of Cuba's international airports.
