Lucia Vega

Bureau: São Paulo

A long queue of vehicles waiting at a fuel station in a Zambian city, dust in the air, late afternoon sun casting long shadows on the road

Economy

Zambia's President Ordered the Government to Find Oil and the Search Is Global

President Hichilema directed emergency fuel procurement on Saturday after weeks of shortages, hoarding warnings, and a war 6,000 miles away that broke Zambia's supply chain.

By Lucia Vega, São Paulo March 29 2 min read

Aerial view of a darkened Havana neighborhood at night, a single generator light visible from a hospital roof, the Malecon shoreline faintly illuminated by moonlight

World

Cuba's Grid Collapsed Again and the War Reached a Third Continent

Cuba's national power grid has collapsed three times this month, and the Caribbean joins Africa and the Pacific in the war's peripheral damage zone.

By Lucia Vega, São Paulo March 29 2 min read