US EditionCuba reports second nationwide power grid outage in a week
Cuba's aging power grid failed again due to fuel shortages and a U.S. energy blockade, leaving over 10 million people without power for the second time in a week.
- On March 21, Cuba's National Electric Power System collapsed at 6.32pm, causing a third islandwide blackout this month affecting 10 million people.
- Aging thermoelectric plants and fuel shortfalls have caused routine outages and rolling blackouts up to 12 hours, with Cuba producing barely 40 per cent of needed fuel and no foreign oil for three months.
- Authorities said restoration protocols were activated and hospitals postponed thousands of surgeries while ordinary Cubans faced food spoilage, interrupted cooking, and reduced work hours.
- Amid a diplomatic standoff, the Cuban government blamed an effective U.S. energy blockade and tariffs for worsening fuel shortages, while the U.S. administration defended the executive order of January 29 and cited a 'friendly takeover' threat.
- Recent outages show Cuba's power system is deteriorating, with one total failure in a week, while Mexico halted shipments and Cuba was excluded from a Russian-oil exemption.
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Cuba begins recovery efforts after second power grid collapse in a week
Cuba began efforts on Sunday to restore power after its grid collapsed for the second time in a week amid a US oil blockade that has dealt a major blow to the island’s already ailing energy infrastructure.
The Cuban authorities began gradually re-establishing the electricity service on the island on Sunday, after the second total blackout in less than a week, in the midst of the fuel shortage and the U.S. crude blockade imposed on the island. On Sunday, two generating units in two thermoelectric power plants went back into operation, Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy reported, in X.
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