President Trump’s oil blockade is <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/life-in-cuba-is-grinding-to-a-halt-under-u-s-oil-blockade-c8da5b30?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">grinding Cuba’s economy to a standstill</a>, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/cubans-intensify-protests-after-sundown-protected-by-the-night-and-blackouts-7edf6fe2?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">spreading unrest</a> and intensifying pressure on the Communist regime. On Monday, the island nation’s obsolete power grid collapsed, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/cuba-struggles-to-revive-obsolete-power-grid-after-nationwide-blackout-6f714044?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">causing blackouts across the country</a> and exposing the magnitude of its economic implosion. WSJ’s <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/vera-bergengruen?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Vera Bergengruen</a> explains the U.S. pressure campaign and its impact. <a href="https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jessica-mendoza?mod=WSJ_TJPOD">Jessica Mendoza</a> hosts.
 
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