During an island-wide power cut in October 2024, two men in Havana sit in a bicycle cab. picture alliance dpa/picture-alliance/Sipa USA While a lot of attention is being focused on Venezuela these days — and on President Trump’s deployment of warships ...

Cuba, long defined by its vibrant culture, classic cars and sun-soaked beaches, is facing one of the most severe economic and humanitarian crises in recent memory — and its causes are deeply embedded in a rapidly deteriorating geopolitical landscape.

Cuba’s aging electrical grid collapsed Monday, leaving the island nation of some 11 million people without power amid a U.S. oil blockade. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel last week blamed the U.S. embargo for Cuba’s economic problems,

Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday as deepening energy and economic crises continue to strain a crumbling power grid. It marked the third major outage in four months. A separate blackout just over a week ago affected western Cuba,