Cuba is experiencing a nationwide power outage following the total collapse of its electrical grid on Friday morning. The blackout was triggered by the failure of the Antonio Guiteras power plant, the island’s largest electricity provider. In response to the crisis, the Cuban government has suspended all non-essential public services, closed schools, and halted industrial activities to conserve remaining energy resources. Officials are currently working to restore the grid, which has been severely strained by aging infrastructure and critical fuel shortages across the country.
- The national electrical grid collapsed at approximately 11:00 AM local time on Friday after the failure of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant.
- Millions of residents have been left without electricity, affecting homes, businesses, and public infrastructure across the entire island.
- The Cuban government has ordered the closure of schools and non-essential workplaces until further notice to prioritize emergency power distribution.
- Prime Minister Manuel Marrero identified deteriorating infrastructure, lack of maintenance, and difficulty procuring fuel as the primary causes of the energy crisis.
- Officials have cited the United States trade embargo as a contributing factor that complicates the acquisition of spare parts and fuel for power stations.
- Technicians are working to restart the system, though authorities have not yet provided a specific timeline for when power will be fully restored.
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It is the responsibility of the French news channel to cover the news that is happening in Lebanon. Israel is carrying out terrorist attacks on children.
Guantanamo Bay aka GITMO is on the same island as cuba. Do u think theres tunnels connecting them?
Get solar energy.
Now Where's Human Right by so called American and Western World….You can have two different yardstick
I can't keep up with this pace…..Ukraine, Venezuela, Greenland, Gaza, Iran. Lebanon…now Cuba…..The world's going crazy and the fatigue is really beginning to settle in.
Sick Trump’s fun; inhuman America.
Another American failure and crimes against humanity. Its the people who suffer not the government.
And sadly the Cuban people are absolutely lovely people that don’t deserve what we’ve done to them.
An evil neighbor is always a problem.
Imagine that..another way to create an excuse for tricky trump to take what he wants..
Trump’s doing?
America has, without any doubt, become a terrorist state.