8:20pm. The vast majority of Havana and most of Cuba still without electricity.

My report for NBC News on the nationwide power outage in Cuba: youtu.be/_svVQSM1Dfw?si…

My reporting on *why* Cubans are facing this grueling energy crisis on Top Story with Tom Llamas for NBC News. Segment starts at 30 minutes 43 seconds: youtu.be/GynXmpl0J-s?si…

Oil tankers delivering fuel to the island can be sanctioned… The US has hit Cuba with more than two hundred sanctions over the last decade. Economists say they cost the economy billions of dollars a year. The goal? Regime change! My latest report: youtube.com/watch?v=J1FTc9…

My analysis of Cuba’s power crisis yesterday on MSNBC msnbc.com/weekends-with-…

Neighbours cheer as light finally back on in 10 de Octubre district of Havana

“The reinforced US embargo has deprived the Cuban state of “the ability to do many things, including import spare parts and fuel for electricity production.” My latest piece for Financial Times on.ft.com/3zVcMLq

“The reinforced US embargo has deprived the Cuban state of “the ability to do many things, including import spare parts and fuel for electricity production”” My latest report for Financial Times on.ft.com/3zVcMLq

“The U.S. Department of the Treasury blocks tankers that have delivered oil to Cuba, which drives up the island’s fuel costs, because Cuba has a limited pool of suppliers available to it.” My latest article, co-authored, for The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/10/21/wor…

Last year I visited Havana and 2 heartbreaking jokes floated around: "What does a Cuban child dream of becoming when they grow up? A foreigner. What do you call a Cuban orchestra after a world tour? A soloist." I wrote about what I saw for @JournalYear: plagueyears.ink/LetterFromHava…

My latest report: 70% of Cuba's population has power back after blackout • FRANCE 24 English youtu.be/Lyw2q0RObpc?si…

“Whereas the Trump administration bragged about how its “maximum pressure” sanctions would cripple the island, the Biden administration has kept the core of the sanctions regime in place, but flat-out denies that it has anything to do with Cuba’s crises.” My latest dispatch:

my latest piece: “It’s much more lucrative, and much less hassle, to work in other parts of the world — even Mogadishu!” said the director of one European tour company. “It’s only a personal love for Cuba that keeps us bringing visitors to the island.” ft.com/content/75c830…

Salon Dana Cronin Alex Park Jacobin Drop Site Ryan Grim Intercept Brasil Jose Olivares tracy wilkinson OAS Jeff Stein Federica Cocco Patricia Cohen David C. Adams Frances Robles Ed Augustin important coverage of how US sanctions fuel Cuba's humanitarian crisis, including being re-listed as #SSOT, blocking it from medicine imports, and exacerbating food shortages. 1M+ have fled the island as Biden upholds Trump's policies. 10/12 i.mtrbio.com/nvtcukjxpu

A decade ago, Barack Obama announced one of the biggest ever breakthroughs in US foreign policy. My latest piece looks at how and why US-Cuba “normalization” was smashed to pieces. dropsitenews.com/p/ten-years-af…

My latest piece (co-authored): Many Cubans put it succinctly: 10 years ago, there was hope. Now, there’s despair. “You go on the street, and people’s smiles are fading,’’ said Adriana Heredia Sánchez, who owns a clothing store in Old Havana. nytimes.com/2024/12/27/us/…

I couldn't believe it when Hollande organised this march ten years ago. It was as if the politicians there wanted to parody their glaring racism. They couldn't have made it clearer whose lives they value, and whose they don't.

Latest report: youtu.be/fVBhX6fCz_w?si…