The Price Of Power
How economic sanctions, aging infrastructure and energy dependence turn power grids into one of the earliest indicators of a nation's structural decline
The nationwide blackout that plunged Cuba into darkness at the beginning of August was largely reported as another chapter in the island's recurring energy crisis. The immediate facts were straightforward: the national power grid collapsed, millions of people lost electricity, and authorities began efforts to restore service. Yet the event raises a far broader question than the failure of a single power plant or transmission line.
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