The beaches, hotels and pools that Cuba hopes to have thronged by foreign tourists appear far emptier than normal as the Caribbean nation's tourist sector has been hard hit by the Trump administration's tightening of U.S. restrictions on travel there.

U.S. sanctions sting Cuba's tourism sector

Cuba's 37th annual International Trade Fair of Havana opened on Monday (November 04), bringing together some 4,000 entrepreneurs from 60 nations around the world, amid strong sanctions from the US government to the local economy and government liquidity problems to pay foreign suppliers.

Cuba's annual International Trade Fair opens in Havana, amid US sanctions

Cuba is deploying horses to replace public transportation, using wood and charcoal instead of gas for cooking and advising citizens to save electricity by making the most of daylight as it grapples with an acute fuel shortage amid U.S. sanctions.

Amid crippling sanctions, Cuba deploys horses, wood-fired ovens to overcome fuel crisis

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U.S. sanctions sting Cuba's tourism sector

Cuba's annual International Trade Fair opens in Havana, amid US sanctions

Amid crippling sanctions, Cuba deploys horses, wood-fired ovens to overcome fuel crisis