Cuba’s electrical grid collapses amid US oil blockade
Ten million people left without power in latest of outages that sparked violent protest last weekend
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/cuba-electrical-grid-collapses-amid-us-oil-blockade

from #Reuters via #TheGuardian
Mon 16 Mar 2026 15.41 EDT

The #US has ratcheted up pressure this year on its longtime foe #Cuba since capturing the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro – Cuba’s most important foreign benefactor – in January. The US president, Donald #Trump, cut off Venezuelan #oil shipments to Cuba and threatened to put tariffs on any country that sold oil to Cuba, strangling the #Caribbean island’s already antiquated grid.

Cuba said on Friday that it was in talks with the US with the hope of defusing the crisis. Trump has said in recent weeks that Cuba is on the verge of collapse and is eager to make a deal with the US.

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