Cuba sinks into darkness as grid collapses amid sanctions

Cuba’s state electricity grid collapsed late Sunday, plunging about 10 million people into darkness as fuel shortages and a US oil blockade strain aging infrastructure; the outage follows three nationwide blackouts in July. Havana has struggled to secure imports, with Venezuela and Mexico reducing supplies, while the government moves to loosen controls by authorizing foreign-backed fuel imports and allowing wholesale fuel distribution to hundreds of Cuban businesses.