Cuba Struggles to Revive Obsolete Power Grid

“Cuba’s communist government is struggling to restore electricity across the island after its obsolete power grid collapsed on Monday, exposing the magnitude of its economic implosion amid a damaging U.S. oil blockade and rising social unrest,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Authorities said on Tuesday that the cause of the nationwide power outage affecting the island’s 9 million residents was still unknown, and that there were no reports of breakdowns in the power plants that were operating.”