“The sum of the different types of fuel: crude oil, fuel oil, of which we have absolutely none; diesel, of which we have absolutely none … the only thing we have is gas from our wells, where production has grown,” Cuban Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said on state media, according to reports.
A US blockade has blocked shipments of oil into the country since January, prompting blackouts lasting up to 22 hours a day in parts of the Cuban capital Havana.
De la O Levy said the country’s predicament is “extremely tense.”
De la O Levy warned Cuba has “no reserves” and that its national grid is in a “critical state,” the Guardian newspaper reported separately.
The Trump administration has called Cuba’s government “an unusual and extraordinary threat”, suggesting the White House could turn its attention to Cuba when the war against Iran is concluded.
In a Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump said talks between the US and Cuba would happen, without giving details on when they might take place.
“Cuba is asking for help, and we are going to talk,” he claimed ahead of his visit to China.
The US State Department said Wednesday that it was willing to provide $100 million in aid to Cuba, adding that Washington “continues to seek meaningful reforms to Cuba’s communist system.”