Cuba plunged into darkness again as power grid collapses

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Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout due to a collapse of its power grid, attributed to aging infrastructure and impacts from a US energy embargo. The blackout caused significant disruption across Havana and other regions.

Cuba’s power grid failed on Sunday, causing another nationwide blackout, a state utility said in a social media post. As the lights suddenly turned off across Havana, residents who were sat outside to get some respite from the summer heat audibly groaned en masse. Cuba has been suffering rolling power cuts due to ageing equipment and a US energy embargo that halted regular deliveries of fuel for power stations. State-run UNE said there was a “total disconnection” of the national electricity...