Residents prepare a soup over an open fire during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, October 19, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A car drives along a street during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Havana, on October 19, 2024. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories. (Photo by Adalberto Roque/AFP Photo)





Residents pass the time at the malecon during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, October 20, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A resident walks his bicycle during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, October 20, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Cuban women in traditional costume prepare a tourist for a photo, after Cuba's power-grid operator said it had restored electricity to parts of the capital Havana on Monday, following a fourth major grid failure in 48 hours, in Havana, Cuba on October 21, 2024. (Photo by Norlys Perez/Reuters)





A person fishes along the boardwalk as waves crash during a power outage in Havana, Monday, October 21, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People throw flowers during a ceremony to honour late rebel hero Camilo Cienfuegos, who went missing during a flight on this day in 1959, in Havana, Cuba, on October 28, 2024. (Photo by Norlys Perez/Reuters)





People walk across the bridge affected by Hurricane Oscar a week after it hit the town of Imias in Guantanamo province, Cuba on October 30, 2024. (Photo by Ariel Ley/Reuters)





People at a bus stop shield themselves with cardboard amid wind and rain during the passage of Hurricane Rafael in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, November 6, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People walk on a darkened street due to a blackout after the pass of hurricane Rafael in Havana, on November 6, 2024. Hurricane Rafael left Cuba on Wednesday night, leaving the island in darkness with widespread power outages and destruction in some villages after hitting as a powerful Category 3 hurricane. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





A man walks through the wind and rain brought by Hurricane Rafael in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, November 6, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A man walks with a torchlight on a darkened street due to a blackout after the pass of hurricane Rafael in Havana, on November 6, 2024. Hurricane Rafael left Cuba on Wednesday night, leaving the island in darkness with widespread power outages and destruction in some villages after hitting as a powerful Category 3 hurricane. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





A man tries to hold his tricycle taxi on the street as Hurricane Rafael passes by Havana, Cuba, on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Norlys Perez/Reuters)





Children wade through a flooded street after the passing of Hurricane Rafael in Batabano, Cuba, Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A woman carries two dogs as she wades through a flooded street after the passage of Hurricane Rafel in Batabano, Mayabeque province, Cuba, on November 7, 2024. Hurricane Rafael knocked out power to all of Cuba on Wednesday as it slammed through the cash-strapped island, which was still reeling from a recent blackout and a previous deadly storm. Rafael strengthened to a major Category 3 hurricane as it made landfall on the Caribbean island of 10 million people. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





People drive along a road littered with fallen power lines after the passing of Hurricane Rafael in San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A girl carries a toddler through a flooded street after the passage of Hurricane Rafel in Batabano, Mayabeque province, Cuba, on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Residents charge their devices after Hurricane Rafael caused partial outages throughout Havana, Cuba Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Photo by Ariel Ley/AP Photo)





A man pushes his pig back home after taking it to higher ground after Hurricane Rafael passed through Batabano, Cuba, Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Children play on a road next to a banana plantation that was destroyed after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, in Guira de Melena, Cuba, Thursday, November 7, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)