Overview
- The Energy Ministry said a failure in a block at a thermal power plant triggered a domino effect that collapsed the national grid, with electricity gradually restored on Sunday.
- Authorities cautioned that demand could outstrip supply in the coming days, underscoring repeated nationwide outages reported across March.
- Cuba’s fuel crunch has intensified after Venezuelan oil shipments ceased and the U.S. imposed tariffs targeting countries that sell or supply oil to the island.
- Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossio told NBC News the armed forces are taking steps in light of rising tensions and President Trump’s recent talk of a potential “takeover.”
- Analytics firm Kpler reported the Russian tanker Anatoli Kolodkin is bound for Cuba with about 730,000 barrels of crude, while the U.S. Treasury said sanctions on Russian oil deliveries to Cuba remain in full force.