Protests have broken out in Cuba after the country exhausted its remaining fuel reserves, deepening the electrical grid crisis.

Video. Small protests broke out in Havana over worsening shortages of food, power, and fuel, as Cuban authorities blamed US sanctions for the crisis and warned that fuel reserves had run out.

By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, May 14 (Reuters) - Cuba's electrical grid suffered a partial collapse early on Thursday morning, the country's grid operator UNE said, snuffing out power across eastern Cuba and testing the patience of Cubans already exhausted from seemingly interminable blackouts amid a U.

Protests have broken out in Havana as Cuba deals with it's worst rolling blackouts in decades.

A Cuban mother named Zea Gisselle took to Facebook on Thursday to share a vivid account of the plight faced by countless families in Havana. Her son

Cuba's national energy grid suffered a major failure early Thursday that severed power to the island's eastern provinces, authorities said, as residents in the capital Havana faced ongoing blackouts. The failure came as a U.S. delegation visited Cuba Thursday and met with Cuban government officials.