Islandwide blackout strikes Cuba again as its power grid crumbles

(The Associated Press – Al Arabiya) An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10 million people grapples with a crumbling power grid and fuel shortages stemming from a US energy blockade. While total blackouts have become increasingly common in the Caribbean country, it’s unusual for back-to-back ones to hit just days apart. Cuba’s Electric Union confirmed the outage on X. – Islandwide blackout strikes Cuba again as its power grid crumbles