What’s Next for Cuba, Now That Its Main Oil Supplier Is Gone? NYT | Top Stories By: Jeff Sommer 17 January 2026 at 03:43 The Soviet Union was Cuba’s benefactor for decades. Venezuela took up the slack, and Mexico has supplied “humanitarian aid.” But the world is changing rapidly, our columnist says. © Norlys Perez/ReutersA street in Havana. Cuba is reported to have less than two months of imported oil on hand.