Cuba goes dark

古巴陷入黑暗

World Business Report

2026-02-14

26 分钟
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Cuba goes dark as fuel shortages affect power supplies. We hear from the people affected by the outages, and the price the island nation is paying as the darkness spreads. As we approach the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we speak to the man in charge of keeping the power going as Ukraine approaches a humanitarian crisis. In Bangladesh, we get reaction as the Bangladesh National Party and allies win a commanding, two‑thirds‑plus majority in the first general election since the student‑led uprising that drove Sheikh Hasina from office in 2024. And we ask - what next for an economy hit so hard by US tariffs? And PlayStation has surprise‑launched a new God of War game, Sons of Sparta, on the PS5. We hear from a gaming expert on why this franchise is such a big deal. (Picture: A bicitaxi rides in a street of Havana, on February 13, 2026. Credit: YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images.)
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  • Cuba goes dark as fuel shortages turn the lights off.

  • Coron oil scarcity has put the availability of essential services at risk.

  • These fuel shortages have hit us very hard.

  • Some days it feels like the whole town is standing still.

  • It's World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Vishalit Sripatma.

  • On the way,

  • we've got the human stories behind the outages in Cuba and the price the island nation is having to pay as the darkness spreads.

  • Also ahead,

  • a landslide win in Bangladesh and what the return to elected government means for the economy there,

  • plus a new drop from PlayStation.

  • Gods of War, make a comeback.

  • Cuba is sliding deeper into a nationwide blackout emergency,

  • a crisis that's been building for years,

  • but has sharply accelerated in the past month after the United States halted vital oil shipments to the island.