Cuba is slowly restoring electricity after the country's third nationwide power grid collapse of 2026 on Monday, but fuel shortages hamper the effort.

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The Trump administration’s military strike in January against Cuba’s former ally Venezuela cut off a crucial supply of oil to the island. It was soon followed by a US-ordered oil blockade on the island,

"Thirty-four hours straight without electricity or water. My little girls are sleeping on the floor yet again."

Cuba's electric grid collapsed on Monday, leaving 10 million people on the island without power as tensions with the Trump administration continue.

Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Monday at midday, ‌the country's grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people on the Caribbean ​island without power.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Cuba is ready to resist any U.S. military intervention. He warned that Cubans are “not afraid” and would defend “to the very last drop of blood” in response to

China has always opposed illegal unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law, and urges the US to immediately stop its blockade of Cuba and coercive pressure on the country, and to stop violating the Cuban people's rights to survival and development,