For most of 2026, Cuba's headlines have been dominated by one word: blackout. Rolling outages stretching up to 16–20 hours a day have become routine in parts of the island, the product of a decades-old US embargo that tightened sharply this year. Int
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Many Cubans waited in anguish and some took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their third day. Their concerns were heightened as a Hurricane Oscar hit Cuba’s eastern coast with winds and heavy rain. In Santo S
