Cuba's capital is facing massive blackouts and protests after Hurricane Oscar left six dead and worsened the nation's energy crisis, causing widespread unrest.View on euronews

Cuba's capital remained largely paralyzed on Monday and the rest of the island braced for the fourth night of a massive blackout that has generated a handful of small protests and a stern government warning that any unrest will be punished.

Many Cubans waited in anguish and some took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their third day

Fidel Castro once called Cuba’s power plants “prehistoric.” But the country still relies on them, contributing to the longest blackout since the collapse of its former patron, the Soviet Union.

Tropical Storm Oscar is making it harder to restore power in Cuba after a massive, prolonged power outage that preceded the storm. Oscar is hitting a key region for power generation where at least two important power plants in the city of Holguín Santiago de Cuba are located.

Residents pass the time during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A man looks at his phone during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana,

We haven’t had electricity for three nights,” said one Cuban protestor, amid widespread blackouts. Authorities said the outage stemmed from increased demand but residents say this is just the latest issue in a series of problems with electricity.

Tropical Storm Oscar doused Cuba on Monday, three days after a massive power failure plunged more than 10 million people into the dark as the island worked to restore its decades-old power grid.

Hurricane Oscar hit Cuba amid an island-wide power outage. University of Pennsylvania Associate Professor Amalia Daché joins José Díaz-Balart to explain more on how the Cuban regime is mismanaging resources and "heightening" the social,