Cuban blackout leaves nine million
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Cuba's electricity grid collapsed, leaving about nine million people across the island without power, with some blaming aging infrastructure and an alleged US oil blockade.
by Ann Bartow
The US has made the people of Iran suffer the most but Venezuela and Cuba will hate us going forward too.
Cuba is really suffering now because Drumpf bullied Venezuela to shut off petroleum imports so there’s no energy. The power outages on the island are worse than during the post-Soviet subsidy collapse “Special Period” of the early 1990s. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Cuba energy grid suffers nationwide collapse
Cuba's energy grid suffered a total collapse on Friday, the energy ministry said in a post to social media, causing a nationwide blackout on the island of about 9 million people.
www.reuters.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:14 PM
The US has made the people of Iran suffer the most but Venezuela and Cuba will hate us going forward too.
Reposted by Ann Bartow
Cuba is really suffering now because Drumpf bullied Venezuela to shut off petroleum imports so there’s no energy. The power outages on the island are worse than during the post-Soviet subsidy collapse “Special Period” of the early 1990s. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Cuba energy grid suffers nationwide collapse
Cuba's energy grid suffered a total collapse on Friday, the energy ministry said in a post to social media, causing a nationwide blackout on the island of about 9 million people.
www.reuters.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Cuba is really suffering now because Drumpf bullied Venezuela to shut off petroleum imports so there’s no energy. The power outages on the island are worse than during the post-Soviet subsidy collapse “Special Period” of the early 1990s. www.reuters.com/business/ene...