HAVANA: Cuba plunged into darkness for the second time in less than a week on Saturday (Mar 21) after its national power network failed again, strained by ageing infrastructure and a US oil blockade.As night fell, Havana's streets were mostly pitch black, with people navigating using phone lights or flashligh

HAVANA: Cuba plunged into darkness for the second time in less than a week on Saturday (Mar 21) after its national power network failed again, strained by ageing infrastructure and a US oil blockade.As night fell, Havana's streets were mostly pitch black, with people navigating using phone lights or flashligh

A power outage has struck the entire island of Cuba on, the energy ministry said, in the second nationwide blackout in less than a week as its grid struggles under a US oil blockade.

March 17 (UPI) -- A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck eastern Cuba early Tuesday, hours after the island's national power grid collapsed, leaving nearly the entire country without electricity and compounding an already severe economic and social crisis.

March 17 (UPI) -- A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck eastern Cuba early Tuesday, hours after the island's national power grid collapsed, leaving nearly the entire country without electricity and compounding an already severe economic and social crisis.