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February 15 2026
Students in limbo
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People wait their turns to board shared taxis in Havana, Cuba, on February 6. The Jamaican students say transport costs have ballooned since the imposition of tighter sanctions on Cuba by the United States.
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People celebrate a birthday during a scheduled power outage in Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants.
Caught between failing infrastructure in Cuba and what they described as a wall of diplomatic silence at home, Jamaican medical students are urging the Government to establish a formal bridge to local universities to safeguard their academic futures. Tightened United States sanctions and the cessation of Venezuelan oil shipments have plunged the Spanish-speaking nation into a deepening crisis, leaving its power grid and essential services close to collapse.
