was reported<\/a> Saturday by Cuba\u2019s Ministry of Energy and Mines, which said the National Electric System, the state-run grid that supplies electricity across the island, suffered a \u201ctotal disconnection\u201d and that restoration protocols were being implemented. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe ministry did not immediately say what caused the latest failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It comes days after Cuban authorities reported another nationwide grid failure on Monday. Service was not fully restored until the following day, and electricity demand remained above available generating capacity during the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The latest collapse comes as the Trump administration has imposed what Cuba describes as an energy blockade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe United States publicly threatens Cuba, almost daily, with overthrowing the constitutional order by force,” Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel said in a statement Tuesday. “And it uses an outrageous pretext: the severe limitations of the weakened economy they have attacked and sought to isolate for more than six decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey intend and announce plans to take over the country, its resources, its property and even the very economy they seek to suffocate in order to defeat us,\u201d D\u00edaz-Canel added. “Faced with the worst-case scenario, Cuba is accompanied by one certainty: any external aggressor will run into unbreakable resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cuba\u2019s energy ministry said the country\u2019s power grid has collapsed nationwide for the second time this week. The outage was reported Saturday by Cuba\u2019s Ministry of Energy and Mines, which said the National Electric System, the state-run grid that supplies electricity across the island, suffered a \u201ctotal disconnection\u201d and that restoration protocols were being implemented. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":59116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[362,991],"class_list":["post-65379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-cuba","tag-power-outage"],"yoast_head":"\n
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