A fault at a generating unit in Holguin knocked out Cuba's national grid on Tuesday. The fresh outage exposed how fuel shortages and repeated breakdowns are paralysing daily life.

Cuba suffered its second nationwide blackout in five days on Friday as twin energy and economic crises, worsened by a six-month US fuel blockade, continue to cripple the country's electricity grid. "The…

Cuba's electricity grid has crumbled amid a six-month US fuel blockade and already-dilapidated energy infrastructure.