Cuba suffers islandwide power grid collapse as US oil blockade deepens energy crisis

Cuba experienced an islandwide power grid collapse on Sunday, plunging the nation into darkness. This incident follows three nationwide blackouts in July and is attributed to the country's aging energy infrastructure and a deepening energy crisis. The crisis is exacerbated by a U.S.-imposed oil blockade, which has halted fuel imports from key suppliers like Venezuela and Mexico. The Unión Eléctrica de Cuba provided no further details on the outage. This power crisis coincides with Cuba's cautious move to open its energy sector, including authorizing its first foreign-backed fuel import venture.