Puerto Rico and Cuba face escalating utility crises as water shortages and power cuts disrupt daily life

Puerto Rico's governor activated the National Guard to distribute drinking water, while Cubans protested after the third nationwide power cut this year.

• Puerto Rico's governor activated the National Guard to distribute drinking water after weeks of outages caused by a June pipeline rupture in Bayamón.
• Cubans in several cities banged pots and set fires on Tuesday to protest the third nationwide power cut this year.
• Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged shortages and power cuts but urged protestors to direct their anger at the US government.
• US Ambassador Michael Waltz blamed the Cuban government for the outages, while Cuba's foreign minister accused the US of waging "non-conventional warfare".