Water's Darkness: Cuba's Crisis Reveals Deeper Truths The Caribbean has long been synonymous with turquoise waters and sun kissed beaches.
Yet in Cuba, a different kind of sea is rising – one of scarcity and desperation. The island nation's water crisis, exacerbated by the oil embargo imposed by the Trump administration seven months ago, has left 3.
5 million people without access to this most basic of human needs. The numbers are stark: in August last year, 2. 6 million Cubans faced difficulty accessing water; now that figure is over a third of the population.