Cuba is currently suffering from a nationwide blackout that has left the entire country without power. This failure follows a period of severe fuel scarcity that has plagued the island since January.
The energy crisis, the worst in Cuba's post-revolutionary history, was intensified by a fuel blockade imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump in January. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on any nation that supplies or sells oil to the island.
These measures have exacerbated Cuba's continuing financial and economic crises. The nation is currently reeling from its worst economic crisis in decades, a situation made significantly worse by the fuel blockade.