Cuba Struck by Third March Blackout as Aging Grid Strains On
TL;DR
Cuba endured its third blackout of March after the state‑run power grid collapsed islandwide, blamed on decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade, with officials not disclosing a cause for the outage.
- Cuba reports second nationwide power grid outage in a week AP News
- Cuba announces second nationwide blackout in less than a week CNN
- Cuban power grid collapses for second time in a week amid US oil blockade Reuters
- Trump has choked off Cuba’s oil supply. China is stepping in with solar. The Washington Post
- In Cuba, all-night lines for 5 gallons of gas as residents grapple with shortages NBC News
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