Cuba Hit with Another Blackout as Millions Across the Island Are Left without Electricity
- On Friday, Cuba's national electricity system suffered a total collapse, leaving millions across the island without power. The Energy Ministry announced the outage on social media without disclosing a cause.
- Severe fuel shortages, aging thermoelectric plants, and United States energy restrictions have strained the grid for years. These factors prevent Cuba from importing replacement parts needed to maintain obsolete infrastructure.
- Recurring nationwide blackouts have become common over the past two years due to the severe economic crisis. Even when functional, Cubans endure outages lasting more than 30 consecutive hours, leaving residents without reliable power.
- The collapse disrupted essential services, including water supplies, mobile networks, and hospital systems. The Ministry began activating service-restoration protocols but provided no specific timetable for power restoration.
- Granma reported that "unstable weather conditions further aggravated the grid" situation, complicating recovery efforts. By dusk on Friday, power had been restored to 5% of users in Havana, leaving most residents without electricity.
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Cuba's electrical grid suffered a total collapse on Friday, plunging the nation into darkness and leaving millions of people without electricity due to a US pressure campaign that has largely blocked oil from reaching the largest Caribbean island. Friday's collapse was caused by a fault in high-voltage transmission lines in central Cuba that occurred around 2 p.m. local time, authorities said. "Protocols are now in place to begin the gradual res…
Millions of Cuban residents were left without electricity after the country's power system was completely shut down. Authorities have begun gradually restoring power, but the crisis is being exacerbated by the dilapidated condition of power plants, fuel shortages, and US sanctions.
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