Dozens of people gathered on Milwaukee's Upper East Side on Saturday, March 21, to demand "hands off Cuba."

The crushing U.S. oil embargo on Cuba is making life more desperate on the impoverished island. Gasoline now sells for $10 US per litre on the black market, and a sharp drop in tourism has sapped the economy of what little foreign income it had.

A group stood in Grand Circus Park in Detroit to raise awareness for the situation in Cuba and advocate for the U.S. fuel blockade to end.

Almost three months after the US effectively imposed an oil blockade on Cuba that worsened its energy crunch, nearly every aspect of Cuban society has been feeling the strain.

Hong Kong-flagged tanker allegedly delivered 190,000 barrels of Russian oil to Cuba using AIS spoofing and ship-to-ship transfers to evade U.S. sanctions.

President Donald Trump this week said he believes he’ll have “the honor of taking Cuba” soon. Without declaring a formal blockade, Trump and his administration have already crippled trade with the island and threatened the future of the Communist Party regime.

Cuba's regime faces unprecedented economic pressure from Donald Trump's administration, forcing talks on liberalisation as fuel blockades and sanctions devastate the island.

By Daniel Trotta and Dave Sherwood HAVANA, March 16 (Reuters) - Cuba on Monday extended an invitation to Cuban Americans and other exiles living abroad to invest in and own businesses on the island, saying the "doors are open" to a community that has traditionally agitated for harsh economic sanctions against the Communist government.

On Monday, former Cuban-American congressman Joe Garcia harshly criticized the Cuban government's rhetoric regarding the U.S. embargo, labeling it as