"The Cuban Electric Union announced a total blackout across the island without initially giving a cause for the outage, later attributing it to an unexpected failure of a generating unit at the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant."
"Power outages have become relatively common in the past two years due to breakdowns in the ageing infrastructure, compounded by daily blackouts of up to 12 hours caused by fuel shortages."
"President Miguel Diaz-Canel stated that the island has not received oil from foreign suppliers for three months, with Cuba producing barely 40% of the fuel it needs to power its economy."
"The government has blamed the outages on a US energy blockade, which was intensified under the Trump administration, demanding political reforms in exchange for lifting sanctions."
Cuba experienced a total blackout, marking the third such incident in March. The blackout was attributed to a failure at the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant. The Cuban Electric Union activated micro-islands of generating units to restore power to essential services. Frequent power outages have become common due to an aging infrastructure and fuel shortages. President Miguel Diaz-Canel noted that Cuba has not received oil from foreign suppliers for three months, exacerbating the situation. The government also cites a US energy blockade as a contributing factor to the crisis.
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