US President Donald Trump's intensified pressure is presenting the biggest threat to the Cuban Revolution since its inception, pushing the island nation into severe economic hardship that mirrors pre-revolutionary conditions.

• Cuba is experiencing an economic freefall, with shortages of basic necessities like cooking fuel and food due to a dried-up oil supply from Venezuela and an amplified US embargo.
• President Donald Trump is increasing sanctions and threatening tariffs on nations supplying oil to Cuba.
• The economic crisis has left many Cubans, like housewife Lisandra Botey, struggling to meet daily needs, with children going to school hungry.