Cuba edges toward breakdown as power cuts and US meddling push society to brink

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Cuba is facing severe societal stress due to prolonged power outages caused by a six-month U.S. oil blockade alongside longstanding infrastructure issues. The national grid's collapse has raised concerns about the island's energy sustainability and political stability.

As Cuba swelters under six-month oil blockade imposed by US, tempers are fraying and unrest is growing When Cuba’s national grid collapses, as it did for the third time in 10 days on Tuesday, a collective groan spreads across its cities and people wonder, again, whether the island’s antiquated electricity system may soon become unrecoverable. The 777-mile Caribbean island of 9.5 million people has been sweltering under a six-month-long oil blockade imposed by the US, part of a pressure campaign to bring down its communist government. But the parlous state of Cuba’s infrastructure goes far further back. Continue reading...