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Cuba Partially Restores Power After Suffering Another Blackout Due to U.S. Oil Blockade

HeadlineMar 23, 2026

In Cuba, authorities have partially restored electricity after more than 10 million people lost power to their homes and businesses on Saturday, following another collapse of the national power grid. It was the second time in a week, and the third time this month, Cuba has suffered a major blackout, as the Trump administration’s oil blockade worsens Cuba’s humanitarian crisis. Critics have condemned the blockade as “economic warfare.” This is Havana resident Leoni Alberto, who’s been forced to cook with firewood during the blackouts.

Leoni Alberto: “Life doesn’t change. Ultimately, we’re stuck in the same rut. We aren’t going to move forward. We’re just going to stay right here, at a standstill. Twice a week cooking with firewood, it’s absolute madness. There’s no other way around it. It’s just the hand we’ve been dealt. A solution is unlikely. We’ve been stuck in the same situation for 60 years. It is not going to change.”

Meanwhile, hundreds of delegates from 33 countries and 120 organizations have arrived in Cuba aboard ships carrying humanitarian goods from Mexico. The Nuestra América Flotilla brought the food, medicine, solar panels and other supplies as a direct challenge to the U.S. embargo of Cuba.

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