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The blackouts began in February 2024 with power outages that affected nearly half of the country. In March, further blackouts caused widespread protests. On 5–6 October, a third of the country experienced outages. [2] From 18 to 22 October 2024, a total nationwide blackout occurred due to the failure of the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant.
A car drives along a street during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Havana, Cuba, on October 19, 2024. - Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images
Due to the fuel shortages, there are widespread rolling blackouts in major Cuban cities. Cuba also relies on food imports, receiving $7 billion (United States Dollar) per year, but due to the weak purchasing power of the Cuban peso, purchases almost all imports with foreign currency reserves. These reserves are also used to purchase fuel, which ...
Cuba's national electric grid went offline on Friday, officials said, resulting in a country-wide blackout. The national electrical system of Cuba suffered a total disconnection at 11 a.m. local ...
Cuba’s electrical grid shut down on Friday, putting the country into a blackout after the failure of one of the island’s major power plants, ... 2024 at 4:34 PM.
December 4 – 2024 Cuba blackout: The entire national power grid affecting more than 10 million citizens fails after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant collapses again. [12] December 30 – Raul Ernesto Cruz, a Salvadoran national convicted for his role in the 1997 Cuba hotel bombings, is released after serving a 30-year prison sentence ...
HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba's government said late on Saturday it had restored power to nearly one-fifth of the island's people after the national grid collapsed twice in 24 hours, plunging millions of ...
October 18, 2024 at 7:41 PM. ... many people have been facing blackouts that last up to 20 hours at a time. ... Cuba’s prime minister, Manuel Marrero, on Thursday blamed the ongoing blackouts on ...