Cuba plunges into darkness as state energy firm reports new nationwide blackout
Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned grid operator said, plunging the island into darkness. The country has faced a series of total collapses of its electricity grid since the US imposed an energy embargo that halted regular deliveries of fuel for power stations.
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Cuba's power grid failed 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 sitting 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.
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