Island-wide blackout hits Cuba amid fuel shortages and crumbling electric grid
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Cuba experienced an island-wide blackout affecting 10 million people as fuel reserves run low and the electrical grid deteriorates. The blackout was reported by Cuba's Electric Union, which is investigating the cause. Fuel shortages have been worsening since January when President Trump threatened tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, exacerbating the island's economic crisis. Public transportation has largely halted and tens of thousands of surgeries have been canceled.
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The blackout in the country of 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union, which said on X that the cause is under investigation.
Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January, when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island, deepening the island's ongoing economic and financial crisis.
Public transportation has largely been halted, and officials have canceled tens of thousands of surgeries.
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