Cuba Faces Nationwide Blackout Amid Ongoing Energy Crisis
A failure at a power substation has caused the latest in a series of widespread outages, highlighting the island's aging infrastructure and economic struggles.
- Cuba experienced a nationwide power outage on Friday evening, attributed to a failure at a key power substation.
- The blackout occurred during peak electricity demand hours, leaving millions without power across the island.
- Frequent blackouts have become routine in Cuba due to an outdated energy grid and insufficient electricity generation capacity by the state-run utility UNE.
- The Cuban government has blamed the country's energy crisis on the decades-long U.S. trade embargo, which it claims has hindered infrastructure improvements.
- Economic hardships, including high inflation and shortages of food and medicine, compound the challenges faced by the Cuban population.
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