Havana, March 15, 2025 (AFP) - New nationwide blackout hits Cuba, officials say

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2025-03-15

Cuba suffered a general blackout on Friday caused by a crash of its national electricity grid, officials said, the latest major power outage in the island country. "At around 8:15 pm tonight, a breakdown... caused the significant loss of power in western Cuba and with it the fall of the national electricity system," the Ministry of Energy and Mines said. Angelica Caridad Martinez, a resident of the central city of Camaguey, told AFP the outage la......

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