Islandwide Blackout Hits Cuba
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Cuba’s widening economic turmoil along with its growing political tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump have paralyzed much of the island.
Cuba began to claw its way out of another national blackout on Tuesday as the government, under heavy US pressure, said it’s opening its economy to the Cuban diaspora — a longtime demand of the Miami exile community.
Cuban officials announced an island-wide blackout as the island remains in economic crisis amid the U.S. oil blockade.
Cuba experiences its third blackout in four months, exposing deepening energy and economic crises amid rising political tensions with the U.S. government.