Irish Examiner view: Humanitarian crisis in Cuba 

Once you accept that this is a crisis with a human toll, silence becomes complicity

This is an 'All Eyes on Cuba' moment, precisely because it is so easy for Cuba to fall between the cracks. Picture: Ariel Ley/AP

Cuba rarely makes it onto our front pages unless a hurricane hits, a flotilla arrives, or Washington changes the dial on sanctions and the island shudders in response. Then the story slips away again — nudged aside by the next election, the next war, the next scandal. That’s how humanitarian crises become background noise: Not because they end, but because we stop looking.

Right now, the warning lights are flashing. The UN has cautioned that Cuba faces the risk of humanitarian “collapse” as fuel supplies dwindle, with cascading consequences for transport, hospitals, food distribution, and basic services. This is not abstract geopolitics. It is blackouts, rationing, delayed procedures, empty pharmacy shelves, and families spending hours chasing essentials.