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Cuba’s power grid collapse reveals the depth of the country’s economic crisis
Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex Cuba’s national ... its grip on the centrally planned economy, and the reforms ...
Will the lights go out on Cuba's communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer
These power failures form part of a larger economic crisis, the worst since 1991. Cuba burns oil to generate electricity and, ...
As Hurricane Rafael slams into Cuba, the island’s power grid is knocked out once more
Wednesday’s total blackout also follows a similar episode last month when the entire country lost power for several days.
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Rationing, long queues and empty shelves in Cuba as the economy heads to recession
President Miguel Diaz-Canel, accused the Trump administration of engaging in an “asphyxiating financial persecution” to which new U.S. sanctions, due in part to Cuba’s support for Venezuela ...
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Experts: Cuba’s alliance with Russia not enough to give it entry to emerging-economies club
Viktor Koronelli, the Russian ambassador in Havana, recently told a Russian news agency that Cuba sent a formal ... the island’s inefficient centrally planned economy. Brazilian President ...
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Cuban electrical collapse causes island-wide blackout, paralyzes economy
Cuba’s electrical system collapsed Friday, as mounting problems with a lack of oil and dilapidated infrastructure reached a crisis point, paralyzing the economy of the Communist nation.
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Will the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer
Cuba’s communist leaders are in the midst of crisis – and not for the first time. On Oct. 18, 2024, the nation’s electrical grid failed, leaving Cubans without lights or refrigeration.