US Halt on Oil Shipments Pushes Cuba’s Power Grid to Breaking Point
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Protests erupted in Havana this week as the Cuban capital faced widespread blackouts. The country’s energy minister confirmed that fuel supplies have “run out,” placing the nation’s power grid in a “critical” state. The shortages follow a four-month U.S. oil blockade that has blocked fuel shipments to the island.