Protests held in Cuba amid power outages caused by US blockade

Protests ​broke out across the Cuban capital of Havana on Wednesday evening as the city confronted its worst rolling blackouts in decades ‌amid a US blockade that has starved the island of fuel, Reuters writes.

Crowds of hundreds of angry Cubans poured onto the streets in several outlying neighborhoods, blocking roads with burning piles of rubbish, banging pots and shouting “Turn on the lights!” and “The people, united, will never be defeated!”

The shortages and blackouts have dramatically worsened since January when US ​President Donald Trump, who has said he wants to oust Cuba’s communist-run government, imposed an embargo and threatened tariffs ⁠on any nation supplying the country with fuel.