For over 60 years, the U.S. government has been imposing a draconian embargo on Cuba, which, according to Cuban estimates, has caused economic damage amounting to 130 trillion dollars since it took effect and has been condemned by all European nations. In addition to these measures, following Trump’s directive since the beginning of the year, Cuba has received no oil shipments, which are urgently needed for the operation and maintenance of basic infrastructure. Without oil shipments, the transport of goods and people, as well as the national energy supply, is collapsing. Days-long blackouts, looming food shortages, no garbage collection, the collapse of medical care, the collapse of the tourism industry—which is vital to the local economy—the impossibility of maintaining a normal daily life, and the social consequences for the Cuban population are just some of the consequences of this invisible warfare. The embargo may be an abstract set of economic regulations, but its concrete effects cost human lives every day and have been undermining Cuba’s sovereignty for over 60 years. Recently, the U.S. government has been threatening the island nation with military intervention, thereby taking the conflict to a new level of escalation.