CUBA ENERGY & POWER GRID CRISIS
Collapse of Cuba's national electricity grid due to chronic fuel shortages, US oil embargo restrictions and decades of infrastructure decay, leaving millions without power and deepening the island's humanitarian crisis
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Is a Castro Grandson Trump's Secret Card in Cuba Talks?
FRANCE 24Crise à Cuba : "Raulito", un Castro comme joker de Donald Trump ?
3/17/2026, 5:08:44 PM
Raul Rodriguez Castro, grandson of former Cuban president Raul Castro, is gaining increasing visibility in Cuba's political scene, regularly appearing alongside President Miguel Díaz-Canel at public events. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is said to have identified him as a backchannel interlocutor for secret negotiations between Washington and Havana. His rise signals a potential generational shift in Cuba's ruling elite as the island faces mounting American pressure.
Cuba Opens Doors to Diaspora Investment to Rescue Struggling Economy
FRANCE 24Cuba va autoriser sa diaspora à investir pour développer le secteur privé
3/17/2026, 4:45:41 PM
Facing a severe economic and energy crisis marked by prolonged power blackouts, Cuba is opening its private sector to investment from its diaspora for the first time. The move is a strategic attempt to rescue an economy squeezed by decades of US sanctions and chronic fuel shortages. Havana hopes the diaspora's capital will help kickstart private enterprise and ease the country's deepening humanitarian strain.