Cuba's Fragile Power Grid Finds a Powerful New Partner

Cuba finally reconnected its power supply on Tuesday after an extended blackout swept the island as the United States tried to choke off the island’s energy supply. Blackouts lasted nearly 30 hours as Donald Trump engineered an oil blockade and publicly ruminated about whether he would have the “honor of taking Cuba.” But the move, rather than isolating Cuba, may have just deepened its ties with China. Cuba, which is already beleaguered with an obsolete and fragile power system, saw its grid collapse under the weight of the weekslong…