Blackouts reported across country as government grapples with economic crisis, fuel shortages and hurricanes

Summary

Cuba’s national electrical grid collapsed early Wednesday after its largest power plant, Antonio Guiteras, shut down.

The failure, caused by aging infrastructure and dwindling fuel imports from Venezuela, Russia, and Mexico, left most of the island’s 10 million people, including Havana, without power.

This marks the latest in a series of outages worsened by hurricanes and economic crises.

The government is working to restore the grid, but nationwide blackouts have become increasingly frequent amid the country’s worsening energy challenges.

  • @chuckleslordEnglish
    19•8 hours ago

    OP, there’s a strike and members of The Guardian staff ask that you don’t share links. Don’t cross the picket line

  • OptionalEnglish
    23•10 hours ago

    Guardian journalists launch 48-hour strike in protest at planned sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media

    NUJ members at the Guardian and Observer are walking out for the first time in more than 50 years

    • Flying SquidMEnglish
      3•8 hours ago

      I’m not so clear, reading about Tortoise Media, what’s so bad about it. Can you explain please?

      • @[email protected]English
        2•8 hours ago

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        • Flying SquidMEnglish
          0•3 hours ago

          I assume you already think that about the Guardian and the Observer, right?

  • Todd BonzalezEnglish
    10•10 hours ago

    its largest power plant, Antonio

    Naming a power plant “Antonio” is where it’s at. We should give more buildings people names like that.