A Ukraine charity volunteer says Welsh Labour MP Steve Witherden lifted his plan to donate 40 unused NHS ventilators, then redirected them to Cuba. A standards complaint has been filed.
Two aid sailboats carrying nine people, including a young child, have vanished en route from Mexico to Cuba, prompting a naval search as the island faces deepening humanitarian crisis under a US fuel embargo.
Around 32,800 pregnant women in Cuba face childbirth amid rolling blackouts, fuel shortages, and a chikungunya outbreak as the island's grid collapses repeatedly.
Cuba has suffered three nationwide blackouts in March 2026 alone, leaving millions without power as an effective oil blockade chokes the island's ageing energy infrastructure.
As Cuba faces a total grid collapse and widespread blackouts, Donald Trump has made bold claims about his influence over the island's future.