Amid Cuba’s blackouts, activists urge Biden to reverse devastating sanctions
Open letter in New York Times urges Biden to reverse Trump-era sanctions against the socialist state
Power is gradually restored in Cuba, Hurricane Oscar downgraded to tropical storm
After several false starts over the weekend, the efforts to recover Cuba’s electrical system began to make headway on October 21. Meanwhile, authorities have declared that Oscar has become a tropical storm.
Cuba, in the dark but not defeated
Cuban journalist Laura Prada writes from Havana about the national blackout in Cuba, product of the blockade imposed on the island by the United States.
Venezuela suffers national blackout, government denounces “sabotage” to electrical grid
The outage began at 4 am on August 30 and affected several states in the country, including the capital Caracas
“Electricity obeys the laws of physics, not the laws of the market”
Over the weekend, multiple States in India faced power cuts as coal reserves in the country are running out. How did it come to this?
Dollarization in Venezuela causes a boom in imported goods stores
The private sector sidesteps blockade and replaces the State in supplying goods
Venezuela recovers from latest blackout
Venezuelan authorities blamed the blackout on an “electromagnetic attack” though recovery was faster than in other incidents
Venezuela under attack: 7 notes on electric shock (special report)
Special report produced by Misión Verdad on the cyber attacks on Venezuela’s central hydroelectric plant, which left at least 80% of the population without electricity
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