Cuba’s power grid collapses in third nationwide blackout amid US oil blockade

Network breakdowns compounded by daily blackouts of up to 12 hours caused by fuel shortages

Cuba’s power grid collapsed on Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a US-imposed oil blockade.

The Cuban Electric Union, which reports to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, announced a total blackout across the island without initially giving a cause for the outage.