The Independent16d
Falling off the map: how Cuba has vanished from travellers’ itineraries
I first arrived in the Caribbean’s largest city in January 1989 to research the first independent guidebook to Cuba. Fidel Castro began that year basking, as he had for three decades ...
The Conversation21d
Cuba’s power grid collapse reveals the depth of the country’s economic crisis
Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex Cuba’s national grid collapsed four times in as many days last week, after the ...
Al Jazeera English22d
Cuba extends workplace, school shutdowns in wake of power blackouts
Cuba will keep all non-essential workplaces and schools closed through Sunday as it battles a crippling island-wide electricity shortage and recovers from a deadly hurricane. Cuba’s National ...
Vox22d
Blackouts aren’t unusual in Cuba, but this one is different
She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military and global conflicts. Cuba is suffering a nationwide blackout after the collapse of its electrical grid. Power went out all over the ...
PBS22d
Cuba fights to recover from nationwide blackout and storm that killed six
HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm ...
ABC News23d
Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed 7
A small town in far eastern Cuba is recovering from flooding that killed at least seven people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy ...
The Globe and Mail23d
Canadian tourists reconsider Cuba vacations as blackouts cause food, fuel shortages
Some Canadian tourists are reconsidering vacations in Cuba as the Caribbean island continues to cope with power outages and shortages of basic necessities. Cuba’s national electrical grid first ...
The Economist23d
Blackouts in Cuba highlight the island’s extreme energy fragility
Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba’s president, usually wears boxy suits with a revolutionary-red tie. But on October 20th ...
CBC.ca23d
After multiple blackouts, Cuba restores power to most of Havana
Cuba's power-grid operator said it had restored electricity to most of the capital Havana on Monday, even as Tropical Storm Oscar lashed the island's eastern end, downing trees and power lines ...
Global News23d
Canadian in Cuba urging others to stay home
A large swath of Cuba remained powerless Monday, plunged into days of darkness following four power grid collapses in 48 hours. No electricity has forced people to cook on open campfires along the ...
Bloomberg L.P.23d
Cuba Warns Against Protests as It Struggles to Restore Power
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned citizens there would be consequences for taking to the streets as many on the island were still without power after more than 72 hours. Diaz-Canel, in a ...
NBC 6 South Florida23d
Oscar producing heavy rainfall, life-threatening flash flooding over eastern Cuba
Tropical Storm Oscar dumped heavy rain across eastern Cuba on Monday after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the island already beleaguered by a massive power outage. Its maximum ...