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Cuba Suffers Islandwide Blackout After National Grid Collapse
Frequent blackouts in Cuba stem from aging thermoelectric plants, fuel shortages, and economic struggles, leaving millions without power for up to 20 hours daily, officials said.
- Cuba's power grid collapsed on Wednesday morning at 9:14 a.m., announced by the National Electric Union as a complete shutdown of the national electricity grid due to failures at the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas.
- This blackout marks the fourth national grid collapse in less than a year, with prior outages lasting several days.
- Residents are frustrated as Cuba faces daily blackouts, with some lasting 16 hours or more, contributing to a worsening economic crisis.
- Manuel Marrero, Cuba's Prime Minister, stated that UNE engineers had a well-defined strategy to face the situation amidst the ongoing crisis.
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Cuba suffers 5th nationwide blackout in a year
Cubans were in despair on Wednesday after their country plunged into its fifth nationwide power blackout in a year. “A total disconnection of the SEN electricity system has occurred, which may be associated with an unexpected shutdown” of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant, the energy ministry said on its X account. It added that it was investigating the outage, which happened at around 9:15am (1315GMT). Cuba is already in the throe…
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