Cuba Suffers Sixth Nationwide Blackout as Energy Crisis Deepens This Year

• •Cuba experienced its sixth complete power grid collapse this year, leaving most residents with only a few hours of electricity per day.
• •The Trump administration's decision in January to cut off oil supplies to Cuba has intensified a crisis already worsened by the longstanding US embargo.
• •Unfavorable Caribbean weather conditions have repeatedly disrupted efforts to restore the national grid after each blackout.
• •Residents have resorted to sleeping on Havana's Malecón boulevard to escape indoor heat, as power cuts also eliminate water supply and cooling.
• •Cuba's deteriorating power system reflects deeper economic dysfunction across the island, according to multiple reports.

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