60 Minutes · What's behind Cuba's energy crisis?

1. 1. The Trump administration intensified pressure on Cuba through an indictment against former leader Raul Castro and an oil tanker blockade.
2. 2. Cuban Americans in Miami express profound sadness and concern over the worsening suffering of people in Cuba due to the crisis.
3. 3. Roxane Vidal explained that Cuba's economy has long been in crisis, relying first on the Soviet Union and then on Venezuela for cheap oil.
4. 4. The Trump administration imposed an oil blockade on Cuba after the US military went into Venezuela, seizing an opportunity to weaken the Cuban government.
5. 5. The current US policy is "strangling" the Cuban economy, leaving its 10 million citizens on the island without sufficient oil.
6. 6. Roxane Vidal identified several scenarios for regime change in Cuba, including attempting to remove the dictator while maintaining the existing regime, but this would be difficult due to a lack of a clear successor like Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez and resistance from the Cuban-American community.
7. 7. Despite the challenging and risky options, Roxane Vidal believes change in Cuba is inevitable, though its precise outcome remains unpredictable.