US EditionCuba Reports 2nd Nationwide Power Grid Collapse This Week
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This general cut is due to the shutdown of the Nuevita thermal power plant. The breakdown was spread by domino effect. The electricity generation in Cuba is based on a network of eight aging thermal power plants. The authorities claim that they cannot repair them because of the US sanctions.
The crisis in this country of 9.6 million inhabitants arises at a time when Trump has not hidden his desire to see a regime change in Havana.
The government in Cuba has reported the second nationwide blackout on the Caribbean island within a week.
La Nación, Grupo Nación
yucatan.com.mxHavana, Cuba. A new widespread power cut affected Cuba this Saturday, according to the Ministry of Energy. It is the second national blackout in less than a week that affects the island, under a severe crisis following the United States energy blockade. The country, plunged into a severe economic crisis with food shortages, medicines and galloping inflation, suffers from frequent partial blackouts; this Saturday is the seventh general cut since …
Cuba reports 2nd nationwide power grid collapse this week
Cuba’s energy ministry said the country’s power grid has collapsed nationwide for the second time this week. The outage was reported Saturday by Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines, which said the National Electric System, the state-run grid that supplies electricity across the island, suffered a “total disconnection” and that restoration protocols were being implemented. The ministry did not immediately say what caused the latest failure. It co…
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