Cuba is not alone, deputy FM says as US threats grow
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“Cuba is facing widespread blackouts as United States sanctions restrict fuel supplies, crippling the island’s energy system and economy.”
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Multiple independent news reports (Al Jazeera, Reuters) confirm that Cuba experienced widespread blackouts due to its national electrical grid collapsing. While the evidence strongly links the blackouts to grid failure, Al Jazeera's reporting specifically frames this within the context of US sanctions and growing US threats, suggesting a connection between the sanctions and the instability. Since two distinct major news outlets report the blackout event, and one links it to the sanctions context, the core elements are corroborated.
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— CubaisfacingwidespreadblackoutsasUnitedStatessanctionsrestrictfuelsupplies, crippling the island’senergysystemandeconomy. In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal …
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/talk-to-al-jazeera/2026/3/29…
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/talk-to-al-jazeera/2026/3/29…
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— Large areas of westernCuba, including Havana, lose power in latestblackoutsto hit island nation after substation fails.Cuba’s national electrical grid collapsed late on Friday, leading towidespreadbla…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/15/cuba-hit-by-wi…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/15/cuba-hit-by-wi…
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— Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed late on Friday, the country'sEnergyand Mines ministry said, leading towidespreadblackoutsin the capital Havana and across the Caribbean island nation.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cubas-electrical-grid…
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cubas-electrical-grid…
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