Cuba Tells Airlines It Can’t Refuel as Nicaragua Ends Easy Entry

Cuba is at risk of losing vital airline service as it prepares to run out of aviation fuel, while an allied nation cut off an important escape valve for migrants amid increasing pressure from the US aimed at toppling the regime in Havana.

The communist government warned international airlines they can no longer refuel at its main airport in Havana for the next month after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any nation that supplies Cuba with oil.

A-1 jet fuel won’t be available at Jose Marti International Airport between Tuesday and March 11, the Federal Aviation Administration said in ...