In Havana, a brief surge of electricity has become a precious, unpredictable gift, often arriving in the dead of night. For residents like 72-year-old Leidis Rodríguez, these fleeting moments mean frantic activity, such as cooking beans at 3 a.m. after hours of darkness.
"The power has come back on, everyone go!" Rodríguez exclaimed, highlighting the urgency that defines daily life amid Cuba’s severe power outages. These widespread blackouts, sometimes lasting for days, are exacerbated by an oil blockade imposed by the Trump administration in January.
