Cuba’s Power Grid Collapses Leaving It Without Electricity For The 3rd Time This Month
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Cuba is again without electricity as power grid has collapsed for a third time this month.
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.
The state-owned Cuban Electric Union reported a total blackout across the island without giving a cause for the outage.
Authorities said they were working to restore power.
Power outages, whether nationwide or regional, have become relatively common in the last two years due to breakdowns in the aging infrastructure. The breakdowns are compounded by daily blackouts of up to 12 hours caused by fuel shortages, which also destabilize the system.
The last nationwide blackout occurred on Monday. Saturday’s outage was the second in the past week and the third in March.
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