Latin America · 14 March 2026 to 17 April 2026 · 22 headlines · BBC News, CNN, Al Jazeera, New York Times, South China Morning Post, AP
Cuba’s power grid collapses after weeks of US oil blockade
Cuba’s power grid collapses after weeks of US oil blockade: a running story on the front pages of 6 newsrooms from 14 March 2026 to 17 April 2026, 22 headlines over 35 days.
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17 April 2026
16 April 2026
- BBC News Is the US blockade of Iran working?
14 April 2026
8 April 2026
2 April 2026
1 April 2026
- AP Sanctioned Russian tanker docks in Cuba after US allows passage despite energy blockade
- Al Jazeera Russian tanker reaches Cuba amid critical energy shortage
- Al Jazeera ‘I need to leave’: Cuba’s tourism workers reel from US oil blockade
31 March 2026
- AP Trump says he has no problem with a Russian tanker bringing oil to Cuba despite US blockade
- South China Morning Post Russian oil tanker arrives in Cuba as Moscow vows to stand by Havana
- BBC News Russian oil tanker reaches Cuba after Trump appears to loosen blockade
- New York Times Why Did the U.S. Allow a Russian Oil Tanker Through Its Cuba Blockade?
30 March 2026
- New York Times U.S. to Allow Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Breaking Blockade
- South China Morning Post US to allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba in possible lifeline for the island
- BBC News Expectant mothers in Cuba struggle under fuel blockade
29 March 2026
22 March 2026
- South China Morning Post Cuba rejects ‘shameless’ US request for diesel amid Trump oil blockade
20 March 2026
- New York Times Is Russian Oil Headed for Cuba, Testing the U.S. Blockade?
18 March 2026
17 March 2026
- CNN Cuba’s power grid collapses after weeks of US oil blockade
- Al Jazeera Cuba electric grid collapses amid US oil blockade causing national blackout