‘Can’t live like this’: Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout in a week

Cuba's power grid collapsed for the second time in a week, leaving millions without electricity as the island nation grapples with severe fuel shortages amid a decades-long US embargo. The blackout is the third major grid failure Cuba has experienced this month, reflecting deepening energy infrastructure problems that have strained the socialist government's ability to maintain basic services. The crises stem from Cuba's limited access to oil imports due to the US trade blockade, forcing the country to rely on aging power plants operating at reduced capacity. Cubans have increasingly expressed frustration on social media with deteriorating living conditions, including prolonged blackouts, fuel rationing, and shortages of food and medicine. The repeated outages underscore the vulnerability of Cuba's energy system and raise questions about the government's capacity to resolve the crisis without significant changes to its economy or international relations.