Havana, March 15, 2025 (AFP) - Cuba suffers fourth nationwide blackout in five months

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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 fourth major power outage on the cash-strapped communist island in five months. "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. Writing on the social network X, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero......

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