Cuba plunged into darkness again as electricity grid collapses

Cuba’s electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, plunging the island of ‌about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent, Reuters writes.

The outage follows three nationwide blackouts in ​July and comes as a US-imposed ​oil blockade further strains the island’s ageing ⁠energy infrastructure. Fuel shortages have prevented Cuba from running its power plants at full capacity, leaving the country unable to generate enough electricity to meet demand.

In late January, Trump signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba․ Following the Venezuela operation, Trump said that no more Venezuelan oil would go to Cuba and that the Cuban government was ready to fall.