No electricity, no gas, no sleep: Cubans on edge amid endless outages (opens in new tab)

Four months into US oil blockade, Cubans see island drained as state electric company fights to provide even a few hours of power a dayThe doctor called from the darkness, a shadowy figure sitting on the stoop of his apartment building. “I want to tell you we’ve been four days without light,” he said. “And without electricity, water is also a problem. And there are mosquitoes everywhere.”From the buildings around came a cacophony, as beyond dark windows people smashed pots against pans. It wa...