Cuba suffers two national blackouts in less than 24 hours
Updated 3 months ago2 new reports, including France 24 Espanol, El Pais.
The short version
Cuba recorded two national blackouts in less than 24 hours. The energy crisis persists despite the partial restoration of electricity service.
Cuba recorded a national blackout on Monday, the second in less than 24 hours and the seventh so far this year.1 The state company Unión Eléctrica (UNE) reported that the new blackout occurred during the process of restoring service.1 The UNE attributed the outages to "weather events" that affected the power grid.1
The Electrical Union reported that several plants resumed operations, but blackouts persist.3 Citizen discontent grows due to the lack of definitive solutions to the energy problem.3 Politico reported that the United States sent more intelligence agents to Cuba in the midst of the crisis.2
The escalation of tensions between Washington and Havana includes economic sanctions and measures against foreign investors.2
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