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Havana (AP) – On Wednesday, Cuba hit Cuba by total blackout, which is the latest in a series of outage convicted on the infrastructure of aging and fuel deficiency in power plants.
This was the second island-wide outage this year, which reported three other blackouts at the end of last year.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines said on the Social Platform X that the latest outage could be tied to a malfunction in one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants.
The ministry vice -president, Argelio Abad, said that the grid on the state TV cut the thermoelectric plant after a clearly wrong message warning. He said that the authorities immediately started manufacturing a type of microsystem to provide electricity to the infrastructure which provides basic services.
The ministry said that the crew was working to restore electricity on the island of about 10 million people, returning to the electricity hospitals, food production plants and other high-primary businesses.
Prime Minister Manual Marraro made an appearance in the power company operated by Cuba’s state and asked Cubbons for his trust as he said on the state TV that electricity would gradually be restored.
Like the 65 -year -old Mete Garcia, some cubits believed that they would live without electricity for a few days.
She said she was “carrying out, fresh air” because she was waiting to return the electricity.
“If you buy something, you don’t know if you will be able to keep it. Many people have spoiled the food,” Garcia said about the objects in the refrigerator and the freezer.
Havana, the country’s capital of some two million people, appeared calm, although many people took out some objects before the darkness to find and find.
48 -year -old public employee KT Cardonsus said, “I had come to pick up the bread,” KT Cardons said that she was expected to leave without basic items after the outage.
The city’s traffic lights were dark and many social and cultural activities were suspended, but the gas stations offered fuel through pumps.
Internet service in Havana was particularly slow or dropped in some areas.
Over the years the power firmness inspired some cubes to prepare for them.
“I have a small power plant … but many people are complaining because they will be impressed,” said 65 -year -old Oralio Chakon.
In recent months, many well -closed individuals, small entrepreneurs and the goods abroad who are capable of sending goods to family residents have installed solar panels or recommendable devices.
Earlier this week, an outage hit the eastern region of Cuba, in which people from Las Tuna were left to Guantamo in the dark for several hours.
In February, the government suspended classes and work activities for two days due to a decrease in power generation.
Cuba has a serious economic and energy supply crisis. It has deteriorated due to US sanctions in recent years, which intend to pressurize the island to change its political model.
The restrictions have prevented the Caribbean nation from having sufficient forex to buy fuel or tool for their aging thermoelectric plants, many of which have been working for more than 30 years.
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