US EditionCuba Reports 2nd Nationwide Power Grid Collapse This Week
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Power Struggles: Cuba's Quest for Energy Amid Blockades
Power Struggles: Cuba's Quest for Energy Amid Blockades Cuba is grappling with severe energy crises as its national grid faced two major collapses within just one week. The island's energy infrastructure, already weakened by U.S. oil blockades, left nearly 10 million people in darkness following the latest outage, less than 24 hours apart.By Sunday afternoon, power was partially restored to nearly half of Havana, with hospitals and businesses co…
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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 …
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