Cuba on Monday suffered its third nationwide power outage since the start of the year, the state electricity company said. The impoverished island was already struggling to keep the lights on before US President Donald Trump in Jan imposed an oil blockade, which has depleted the already dwindling supply of fuel for Cuba's power plants.

Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Monday as it faces an ongoing energy crisis, worsened by an effective US blockade on fuel shipments.

The impoverished island was already struggling to keep the lights on before the US imposed a blockade in January