Five of Cuba's 15 Provinces without Power as Grid Fails Again
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Some 4.5 million Cubans, about half of the country, were left without electricity this Saturday because of a breakdown of the National Electrical System (SEN) that affected seven provinces from the west to the central region of the island.
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Five of Cuba's 15 provinces without power as grid fails again
Five of 15 provinces had no power due to a "partial collapse" of the electricity grid at 6:07 pm (2207 GMT), Cuba's UNE said on X. Cuba is reeling from its worst economic crisis in decades -- one made worse by the fuel blockade imposed by US President Donald Trump in January as part of a pressure campaign aimed at ending six decades of communist rule. UNE says the fuel shortages have made the national grid more susceptible to outages and made th…
New blackout adds to recent interruptions this year due to deterioration of thermal generation infrastructure and lack of access to oil
The cut affected the western region of the island, including Havana; the country suffered five widespread blackouts since the beginning of the year
Five Cuban provinces, including Havana, were deprived of electricity on Saturday after a breakdown on the island's network under an American oil blockade.
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