Most businesses were closed on Friday as officials blamed deteriorating infrastructure and fuel shortages for failureCuba’s entire national electrical grid has shut down after one of the island’s major power plants failed, Cuba’s energy ministry said, plunging the entire country into a blackout.Earlier on Friday, the communist-run government had closed schools and non-essential industry and sent most state workers home in a last-ditch effort to keep the lights on for residents. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/18/cuba-power-grid-failure-total-blackout
Author : Reuters in Havana
Publish date : 2024-10-18 19:14:43
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Cuba in complete blackout after national electrical power grid fails
