The donation campaignLet Cuba Live”(Let Cuba live) in the US has been proposed send solar panels to the island to guarantee the operation of hospitals in the middle of oil blockade imposed on the island by the Donald Trump Administration.
The initiative, in which the organization participates The People’s Forumbased in New York, seeks “urgent relief” to the critical energy situation that Cuba is currently suffering, says an agency report Latin Press (PL).
In particular, The campaign aims to help the island face the consequences of the executive order signed by Trump on January 29in which it established the imposition of tariffs on countries that send oil to the Caribbean country.
In a message published on the social network The People’s Forum considered that “Trump’s fuel blockade tries to paralyze Cuba”.
“Don’t let them get away with this. Help us send solar panels to keep hospitals running and save lives,” the group asked potential donors.
Until now, The campaign has raised more than 92 thousand dollars through donations that remain open on their website.
Trump’s oil blockade’s on Cuba is making life more difficult by the hour and has left hospitals struggling to maintain lifesaving services and millions facing life threatening food shortages.
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➡️ Donate solar generators and panels to keep Cuban… pic.twitter.com/gzTE3SLkYT— The People’s Forum (@PeoplesForumNYC) February 15, 2026
Congressmen against Trump’s siege of Cuba
In the legislative sphere, the Democratic congressman Ilhan Omar denounced this week the “cruel and despotic oil blockade” against Cuba.
The representative from Minnesota stated that this is “an economic war designed to suffocate an island, where innocent civilians will pay with their lives to force a regime change,” and demanded that the blockade be lifted “now.”
Your message, published in Xwas accompanied by an article published in The Wall Street Journal about the situation on the island.
For his part, Congressman Jim McGovern, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, presented the bill HR 7521, called the United States-Cuba Trade Act.
The legislative project, which proposes to repeal or modify regulations that restrict trade, exchanges, telecommunications and travel with the island, in accordance with P.L.. A similar initiative was introduced in the Senate by fellow Democrats Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.
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The promoters of these proposals They maintain that the economic blockade is ineffective and mainly harms the civilian populationwho face difficulties in accessing food, medicine and basic products.
The already prolonged economic and energy crisis in Cuba has worsened after the events at the beginning of the year in Venezuela and the pressure from the Trump Administration on Havana after the capture of Nicolás Maduro.
In this context, fuel shipments have been paralyzed, a key resource for the functioning of the economy and the life of the country, particularly in sectors such as electricity generation, water supply, food production, transportation and public health.
