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Cuba's Third Nationwide Blackout This Year Plunges the Island Into Crisis
World news | The Guardian·Thursday, 9 July 2026
Cuba suffered its third nationwide power outage since January, according to the state electricity company. The island was already struggling with energy shortages before the US imposed an oil blockade in January under President Trump. Residents describe living through the outages as agony.
Why It Matters
Cuba's cascading energy crisis shows how quickly sanctions and resource shortages can collapse basic services for an entire population — a warning relevant to any economy under external pressure.
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