Since Trump's January oil embargo, Cuba has run completely out of fuel, triggering cascading humanitarian collapse—no power for 20+ hours daily, water systems offline, garbage fires in city streets, and 25-year-old Gustavo Torres must hitchhike home after work because buses have stopped running. Cubans now carry water buckets up five flights of stairs on average six days weekly because electricity cuts prevent water pumps from functioning during the island's drought and infrastructure crisis.