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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Juan Carlos Pino, a Cuban mechanic with an eighth-grade education, may have found a way to …
Read More »Cuba reconnects electrical grid, but millions are still without power
Cuba has reconnected its electrical grid across much of the country, the Energy and Mines Ministry said early on Tuesday, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against the communist-run island, saying he could do anything he wanted with Cuba. Cuba’s national electric grid collapsed on Monday, …
Read More »Trump expects to have the 'honour' of taking Cuba
Calling Cuba a ‘failed nation’ with a ‘nice landscape,’ U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he thinks he will have the ‘honour’ of taking Cuba, adding he could do anything he wants with it. News Source link
Read More »Western Cuba hit by major blackout that energy official says could last 72 hours
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A blackout left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba …
Read More »Trump floats ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba. What’s his endgame?
U.S. President Donald Trump is musing about a “friendly takeover of Cuba” as his administration tightens its economic squeeze on the island’s communist government. Trump has moved to choke off much of Cuba’s supply of crude oil, decimating the island’s tourist industry and putting mounting pressure on the Cuban government …
Read More »The facts about Cuba in 60 seconds
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Read More »Tourism was once an ‘economic locomotive’ in Cuba. Now, the train is coming off the tracks
For decades, Cuba’s tourism sector has enjoyed a reputation as an “economic locomotive” — a term used by authorities who saw it as the lifeblood of the Caribbean island country’s economy. But the industry has been in decline since its 2018 peak, and the U.S. government’s squeeze on Cuba’s oil …
Read More »Why is the U.S. cutting Cuba off from the rest of the world? | About That
February 12 News Duration 11:10 U.S. President Donald Trump is applying severe economic pressure to an already-strained Cuba mired in a food and power crisis. Andrew Chang explains why the U.S. is choosing now to cut off the country’s oil supply, and why, for Trump and U.S. Secretary of State …
Read More »Air Transat aims to repatriate all its customers in Cuba within days
Air Transat says it plans to bring home thousands of Canadians from Cuba in the coming days, while Ottawa tells people to avoid delaying their exit from the island country. Canada-to-Cuba flights have abruptly wound down in recent days, after Cuban authorities let it be known that a fuel shortage …
Read More »Cuba is pushed to the brink
Front Burner The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson talks about the energy crisis in Cuba, which has crippled the country and left them at the mercy of the Trump administration. CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2026 6:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago Listen to this article …
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