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Cuba has yet to provide an explanation for the most recent shortfall. Only a comparative trickle of fuel has been served in Havana since Wednesday, according to a government application that ...
HAVANA — The electricity went out Friday in Cuba, affecting the entire island's population of 10 million after one of its main power plants failed, according to Cuba’s energy ministry.. On ...
Rafael was the latest blow to the communist-run country's already precarious electrical grid, which just two weeks ago collapsed multiple times, leaving many in the country without power for days.
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 ...
The recent spike comes following months of hours-long blackouts across Cuba, as decrepit oil-fired power plants, many decades old, fail repeatedly, and the bankrupt Communist-run government ...
On 17 March and 18 March 2024, blackouts alongside a poor harvest and food shortages [29] [6] [30] caused [7] [8] widespread protests primarily in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second largest city, during which three people were arrested. [5] [31] Cuba accused the government of the United States of stirring up unrest, an accusation that the United ...
Cuba in three years has approved 11,355 private businesses. The sector's employees, together with 600,000 self-employed workers in Cuba, now account for 25% of jobs and 15% of imports, according ...
HAVANA (Reuters) -An earthquake rocked eastern Cuba on Sunday, shaking buildings in Santiago de Cuba, the island's second-largest city, and the surrounding countryside. The quake, which the U.S ...