Cuba experienced its second nationwide blackout in less than a week, with the state-owned utility announcing the outage began at 4:30 PM local time. This blackout follows a series of outages attributed to an aging electrical infrastructure, compounded by a de facto oil blockade imposed by the Trump administration, which has restricted Cuba’s access to foreign oil. Human rights experts warn that these fuel shortages are severely impacting public services and the health of vulnerable populations.
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