October 19, 2024
Cuba is slowly starting to restore power after an island-wide blackout
People walk in the street at night as Cuba is hit by an island-wide blackout, in Havana, Cuba, October 18, 2024. — Reuters Government closes schools, non-essential industry, sends workers home Fuel shortages and deteriorating infrastructure are responsible for the crisis A reduction in fuel imports from Venezuela, the US sanctions are also to blame. HAVANA: Cuba restored a power drop to its grid by mid-Friday, officials said, hours after the island was plunged into a nationwide blackout after one of its major power plants collapsed. The vast majority of the country’s 10 million people were still in the dark


