Four-day workweek, teleworking, fuel sales restrictions, hotel closures: the Cuban government announced a package of measures Friday to address the energy crisis gripping the country under pressure from the United States.

These pressures “are forcing us to implement a series of decisions, first and foremost to ensure the survival of our country and basic services, without sacrificing development,” Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga told state television.

“Fuel will be allocated to protecting essential services for the population and vital economic activities,” the deputy prime minister summarized, accompanied by several ministers, including those of Labor, Education, and Transportation.

Among the measures announced are a four-day work week in government offices and state-owned enterprises, teleworking, restrictions on fuel sales, reduced bus and train services, and the temporary closure of some tourist establishments.

In education, school days will be shorter, and universities will operate on a hybrid model (hybrid learning).

This series of measures is intended to save fuel to promote “food and electricity production” and to “safeguard essential activities that generate foreign exchange,”  Perez-Oliva Fraga explained.

He nevertheless assured that investments in renewable energy would be maintained and that the country would continue its efforts to increase domestic oil production, which currently accounts for 30% of its consumption.

By 2025, 49 photovoltaic parks had been installed across the country, increasing solar energy production from 3% two years ago to 10% today.