US EditionCuba reports second nationwide power grid outage in a week
Cuba's aging power grid failed amid fuel shortages worsened by a U.S. oil embargo, cutting electricity for over 10 million people and disrupting vital services, officials said.
- 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 sees third power grid collapse in a month amid US oil blockade
Cuba's power grid collapsed Saturday, marking the second time in a week this has happened and the third blackout this month. Restoration efforts continued Sunday. State utility Unión Eléctrica said on social media that a "total disconnection of the National Electric Power System occurred." Earlier this month, a majority of the system went offline after a major thermoelectric plant failed. Then this past Monday, Cuba’s energy ministry investigate…
On Saturday, Cuba suffered its seventh total blackout in a year and a half, the second of the week. The collapse of the electricity grid deprives more than 10 million people of electricity. The blockade imposed by Washington strongly impacts the island.
Cuba begins to restore power after nationwide grid collapse
Cuba began restoring its energy system on Sunday, a day after a nationwide collapse of the entire grid left millions of people in the dark for the third time this month.Some 72,000 customers in the capital, among them five hospitals, had electricity again early Sunday, according to a report from the state-run Electric Union and the Ministry of Energy and Mines, but it's only a fraction of Havana’s total population of approximately 2 million.In H…
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