Cuba suffers third major blackout in a week

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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-suffers-third-major-blackout-week-2023-02-21/

Cuba suffers third major blackout in a week

Reuters

Turkish powerships work at the Havana's bay in Havana, Cuba, February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Cuba on Tuesday suffered its third major blackout in little more than a week, leaving a vast swath of the center and east of the island without power, energy officials said on state-run TV.

Cuba´s mid-day television news broadcast said "it was investigating the causes of the {electrical failure}" and that the country´s state-run electrical company had begun work to restore power.

The blackout Tuesday spanned 430 miles (700 km) from Cienfuegos province in south-central Cuba to Guantanamo, on the far southeastern tip, leaving more than half of the country´s population of 11 million without power. Scattered blackouts were also reported in the capital Havana.

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Possibly saving up some diesel for the Festival?