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Grid operator in US central states warns of potential rolling blackouts - Reuters
Grid operator in US central states warns of potential rolling blackouts Reuters
July 21, 2026Largest US power grid PJM escalates emergency actions to avoid blackouts - Reuters
Largest US power grid PJM escalates emergency actions to avoid blackouts Reuters
July 3, 2026Venezuela, General Electric sign cooperation agreement on power supply - Reuters
Venezuela, General Electric sign cooperation agreement on power supply Reuters
June 15, 2026Cuba’s blackouts leave high-rise residents with constant uncertainty
Will Grant spoke to a 70-year-old widow who says the inability to use her building's elevator during a power outage trapped her and her husband when he needed medical care.
May 31, 2026Cubans grapple with fuel shortages and blackouts as US steps up pressure
The BBC speaks to Havana residents after the US charges the country's former leader, Raúl Castro, with murder.
May 22, 2026Cuba condemns new US sanctions as 'illegal' and 'abusive'
The new measures come on top of a US blockade of oil to Cuba that has caused widespread blackouts and fuel shortages.
May 2, 2026Cuba's mothers-to-be prepare to give birth in a country plunged into darkness
Two pregnant women tell the BBC's Will Grant of their hopes and fears as their nation is mired in crisis.
March 24, 2026BBC in Cuba as island plunged into darkness
More than 10 million people are enduring power cuts after Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed again.
March 22, 2026Cuban protesters ransack Communist office as energy crisis deepens
Discontent is mounting over rolling blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, exacerbated by a US blockade.
March 14, 2026Protesters in Cuba attack Communist Party office in rare riot over blackouts - Reuters
Protesters in Cuba attack Communist Party office in rare riot over blackouts Reuters
March 14, 2026Millions of Cubans plunged into darkness as fuel crisis deepens
Fuel shortages have been exacerbated by a US oil blockade since the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
March 4, 2026Blackouts and emergency aid: Why the Cuban Revolution faces its biggest threat yet
Will a worsening internal crisis create the conditions for the Cuban Revolution to unravel from within?
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Venezuela inks deal with General Electric to rebuild grid
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Cuba's mothers-to-be prepare to give birth in a country plunged into darkness
Since the Trump administration imposed a near-total fuel blockade on Cuba three months ago, Mauren Echevarría Peña has been inside a ward in Havana's specialist maternity and neonatal hospital. Maure
BBC in Cuba as island plunged into darkness
More than 10 million people in Cuba have had power cut to their homes and businesses after the country's national electrical grid collapsed. The Caribbean island has been hit with several blackouts t
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Un grupo de manifestantes ataca la sede del partido comunista en un pueblo de Cuba
Hay cinco detenidos tras el incidente, que se produce en la peor crisis energética de la isla y del creciente hartazgo ciudadano. Díaz-Canel asegura que “para el vandalismo y la violencia no habrá imp
Protest in central Cuba at local communist headquarters ends in 5 arrests
HAVANA (AP) — A group of residents of a city in central Cuba took to the streets early Saturday and partially destroyed the local headquarters of the ruling communist party. Authorities said that five
Millions of Cubans plunged into darkness as fuel crisis deepens
Millions of people were left without power in Cuba on Wednesday - the latest in a string of blackouts to hit the island as it struggles with fuel shortages worsened by pressure from the US. Two-third
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Why Trump means the Cuban Revolution faces its biggest threat yet
A sizeable exhibit in the Museum of the Revolution in Havana is dedicated to conditions in Cuba before the revolution took power in 1959. Inside the ornate former presidential palace, photographs and