Cuba Plunges Into Darkness After Electrical Grid Failure

For the fifth time this year, Cuba suffered a massive power outage after a partial collapse of the electrical grid early on Wednesday.  The capital city of Havana and many of the western provinces are without power, according to a state media reporter who spoke to Reuters.  It was not immediately clear what caused the grid collapse. Cuba’s power system has deteriorated in recent years as the fuel and oil supply crisis has hit heavily the old oil-fueled power plants.   Cuba’s power generation is heavily dependent…