Island-Wide Blackout Hits Cuba as Its Fuel Reserve Dwindles and Aging Grid Crumbles
Authorities said recovery work was underway after the collapse left 10 million people without power and deepened shortages across the island.
- On Monday, Cuba's national electric grid collapsed at midday, leaving around 10 million people on the Caribbean island without power, according to grid operator UNE.
- Since January, Washington has allowed only a single Russian tanker to deliver oil, exacerbating chronic outages tied to aging power plants and a U.S. oil blockade starving the island of fuel.
- Cubans exhausted by rolling blackouts that make work and sleep impossible in Caribbean summer heat have taken to the streets to protest, following a half dozen nationwide outages last year and two massive blackouts in March.
- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez is traveling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly to denounce the U.S. energy blockade, calling out Washington's "aggressive actions" against the island.
- President Donald Trump's administration has steadily increased pressure on Cuba hoping to end nearly seven decades of one-party rule, while the United Nations warns that tighter U.S. sanctions risk sparking a humanitarian crisis.
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