Aussies warned to ‘reconsider’ trips to Cuba as nation reaches brink of fuel crisis

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Aussie travellers have been urged to avoid making their way to Cuba anytime soon, as the Central American island nation begins drifting further into chaos spurred on by the fuel crisis.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is advising people to “reconsider (their) need to travel” to one of the world’s last fully communist-identifying countries.

Cuba is buckling under the weight of the ongoing fuel crisis, with DFAT warning the situation could ‘deteriorate quickly’. Picture: Smartraveller

According to an alert published on DFAT’s Smartraveller website on Friday, key public services are being stretched thin by the worsening fuel crisis.

“Fuel shortages and frequent power outages are affecting transport and other services. Nationwide power blackouts are occurring. Some airlines have reduced or cancelled flights,” the alert reads.

“The situation could deteriorate quickly without warning and options to leave the country may reduce further. There’s also a shortage of essential supplies, including food, medicines and drinking water.”