Cuba’s recent grid collapse left 10M+ people in the dark. (NBC News)
Monday’s island-wide blackout follows a string of outages in recent months as the country’s aging grid faces a US-launched oil blockade. On Friday, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Cuba was relying on around 40% of the fuel it requires, and no oil shipments have entered the country in three months.
US and Cuban officials are reportedly negotiating a deal that could include sanctions relief and energy agreements.