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Cuba’s electrical grid collapses amid US oil blockade

The Guardian World News5 hours agoWC Score: 51

WarCast Score

51/100

GPT Reference

40/100

Summary

Ten million people left without power in latest of outages that sparked violent protest last weekendCuba’s national electric grid has collapsed, the country’s grid operator has said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a US-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island’s already obsolete generation system.The grid operator, UNE, said on social media on Monday that it was investigating the causes of the blackout, the latest in a series of widespread outages that last for hours or days and that last weekend sparked a rare violent protest in the communist-run country. Continue reading...

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Threat Level: ELEVATED. Widespread power outage Civil unrest due to protests

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Countries & Regions

CubaUnited States

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military action
nuclear threat
cyber warfare
terrorism

Key Phrases

"Widespread power outage""Civil unrest due to protests"

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Published: 2026-03-16 19:41:29 UTCAI Scored: 3/16/2026Model: local_v2
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