STORY: Cuba's worsening fuel crisis has pushed residents to increasingly rely on electric vehicles as gasoline becomes scarce following U.S. restrictions on oil exports from Venezuela, the communist-run island's key ally.

The shift comes as President Donald Trump's administration has declared Cuba "an unusual and extraordinary threat" to U.S. national security and threatened to penalize countries exporting fuel to the island.

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SHOWS: HAVANA, CUBA (FEBRUARY 13, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. REVOLUTION SQUARE

2. VARIOUS OF BUILDING WITH THE SILHOUETTE OF ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA

3. CUBAN FLAG

4. BUILDING OF MINISTRY OF THE ARMED FORCES (MINFAR)

5. PAINTED WALL, CUBAN FLAG AND ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA

6. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH STREETS

7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING ON BENCH, LOOKING AT PHONE

8. HAVANA CAPITOL BUILDING

9. RESIDENT SITTING ON THE MALECON SEAWALL

10. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT MALECON

11. HAVANA LIGHTHOUSE

12. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE MALECON

HAVANA, CUBA (FEBRUARY 13, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

13. SUNSET AT THE MALECON

14. VARIOUS OF BUILDINGS ON THE MALECON AT SUNSET

15. LIGHTHOUSE

16. SOME BUILDINGS WITH LIGHTS ON

17. MALECON WITH SOME BUILDINGS WITH LIGHTS ON

18. DARK STREET

19. VARIOUS OF CARS ON DARK STREETS

20. PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH DARK STREET

21. STOPPED CAR WITH ITS LIGHTS ON

22. PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH DARK STREETS

23. VARIOUS OF CARS PASSING THROUGH DARK STREETS