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Fuels shortages and blackouts have been intensifying in Cuba this month, as the nation struggles to import oil for its power plants and refineries.

While the moment represented a shocking break from diplomatic decorum traditional to the UN, it perfectly captured the heightened tensions between Cuba and the US.

The unusual post appeared to confirm that the CIA is currently active in Cuba after a long history of covert operations, including backing the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961.

US President Donald Trump has ramped up pressure on Cuba in recent months, cutting off vital fuel supplies and threatening to take over the island.

The United States granted him parole into the country earlier this week, according to a social media page maintained by his friends and supporters.

Valdes was one of the few remaining survivors, along with Fidel's brother Raul, of the Granma expedition of 1956, when they sailed on Cuba from exile in Mexico to overthrow US-backed dictator Fulgenci ...