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Cuba’s latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis | In pictures

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Cuba’s latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis | In pictures

Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout on Monday (March 16, 2026) in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and said it was…

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Emergency measures hobble Cuba as fuel supplies dwindle under U.S. pressure

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Emergency measures hobble Cuba as fuel supplies dwindle under U.S. pressure

Havana’s streets were eerily quiet on Monday (February 9, 2026) as emergency measures kicked in to conserve Cuba’s fast-dwindling fuel stocks under economic pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. With oil supply in a U.S. stranglehold, the communist government has shuttered universities, reduced school hours and the work week, and slashed public transport as it…

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