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HAVANA:
Power was restored to large parts of Cuba on Tuesday, a day after the third nationwide blackout in six months on the island, which is reeling from a severe economic crisis and US fuel blockade.
Ten of the country’s 15 provinces had been reconnected to the grid by Tuesday afternoon, but the low level of electricity output, caused in part by the oil blockade, meant some homes were still without power.
The Caribbean island was already struggling to keep the lights on during its worst crisis in decades when US President Donald Trump cut off its oil supplies in January as part of a pressure campaign aimed at ending six decades of communist rule.