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Cuba’s power grid collapses again in nationwide blackout

Cuba's national electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, plunging the island of approximately 10 million people into darkness in what has become a recurring crisis for the Caribbean nation. The state-run Union Electrica de Cuba (UNE) announced a "total disconnection"…

Meliá to close all 34 Cuba hotels Friday, ending 36-year run

Meliá Hotels International Melia Hotels International, S.A. announced on Tuesday that it will cease all operations across its 34 Cuban hotels on Friday, July 24, 2026, completing a full withdrawal from the island after 36 years of continuous presence. The…

UN warns Cuba blackouts deepening humanitarian crisis

Cuba's national power grid collapsed for the third time in nine days on Tuesday, July 14, leaving approximately 10 million people without electricity as the U.S. fuel blockade continues to devastate the island's energy infrastructure.

Cuba’s power grid collapses for third time in nine days

Cuba's national power grid collapsed on Tuesday, the country's energy ministry confirmed, marking the third total blackout in just nine days and plunging nearly 10 million residents into darkness once again. The failure follows grid collapses on July 6 and…

Cuba’s grid collapses for second time in a week

Cuba's national electrical grid failed for the second time in five days on Friday, plunging the island of nearly 10 million people into darkness and intensifying what observers describe as one of the country's worst humanitarian crises in decades.

Mexico seeks to restart oil shipments to Cuba amid crisis

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Sunday that her country is seeking to restart oil shipments to Cuba, as the Caribbean island faces a humanitarian emergency driven by months of fuel deprivation that has shuttered schools, suspended hospital surgeries, and…

Trump says Cuba operation could mirror Venezuela raid

President Donald Trump suggested that a U.S. operation targeting Cuba's leadership could "possibly" resemble the swift military raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, while declining to commit to any specific timeline and praising Secretary of State Marco…

White House defends Cuba sanctions after UN warns children are dying

The Trump administration on Wednesday defended its sanctions on Cuba after the United Nations' top human rights official warned that U.S. measures were causing "widespread harm to the population and endangering lives," escalating a diplomatic confrontation over Washington's economic pressure…

Cuba calls US oil blockade ‘an act of war’ at UN Security Council

Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla addressed the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, warning that the U.S. oil blockade against his country amounts to an act of war and calling on the international community to mobilize against what he…

Cuba publishes names of 2,000 pardoned prisoners

Cuba on Monday disclosed the identities of more than 2,000 prisoners pardoned under a sweeping amnesty first announced in April, publishing their names in the country's official government gazette for the first time since the decree was signed nearly two…