Cuba’s Blackout, Shakira in Mexico and Other Top Photos From Latin America and the Caribbean
Shakira drew about 400,000 fans to Mexico City's Zócalo, setting a new attendance record while Cuba faced a major blackout and Bolivia experienced a deadly military plane crash.
- This past week, The Independent's photo editor Leslie Mazoch curated a gallery showing a Cuba blackout, Shakira's Zócalo record, and a Bolivia plane crash.
- In western Cuba, swaths of the island lost power this week after a huge blackout blamed on a fragile electric grid and fuel shortages.
- The singer closed her 'Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran' tour with about 400,000 fans, breaking Mexico City's Zócalo attendance record, nearly 20 years after her first show.
- A military plane carrying 18 tons of new banknotes crashed in Bolivia, killing more than 20 people.
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By The Associated Press Large areas of Cuba were still without electricity this week after a huge blackout that affected the western part of the island, in the last interruption of the service attributed to the fragility of the power line and the lack of fuel. In Mexico, almost 20 years after its first concert in Zócalo, Shakira broke the record of attendance in the central square of the capital with about 400,000 people in the closing of his to…
Cuba’s blackout, Shakira in Mexico and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean
Feb. 27 - March 5, 2026
Cuba's blackout, Shakira in Mexico and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean
Feb. 27 - March 5, 2026
Shakira will sing again in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza in April 2026Shakira will perform free concert in Mexico City: all detailsShakira and Beéle released this weekend their new single “Algo Tú”, a collaboration that combines Latin and Afro rhythms with indigenous instruments, including the characteristic sound of the Colombian gaita. The song was presented live for the first time in the Zócalo of Mexico City, in a concert that brought t…
Cuba's blackout, Shakira in Mexico and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean - The Morning Sun
Feb. 27 - March 5, 2026 Swaths of Cuba remained without power this week after a huge blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel. In Mexico, nearly 20 years after her first Zócalo concert, Shakira broke the plaza's attendance record with about 400,000 fans, closing her “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” tour. A military plane carrying 18 tons of new banknotes crashed in Bolivia, k…
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