The huge power interruption in Cuba leaves millions in the dark Business and Economics News

The latest collapse of the network follows a series of power outages in the country in recent months.

The National Energy Network in Cuba collapsed once againHe left millions of people without electricity.

The network failed on Friday evening around 8:15 pm (00:15 GMT) after a collapse in the Desiro branch in the capital, Havana, a series of reaction that closed the power generation through the island, according to Union Electrica officials (UNE).

In Sunrise on Saturday, UNE said that he was only born a group of electricity – about 225 MW, or less than 10 percent of the total demand. The authorities said that the parallel departments help provide electricity to the main sectors, such as hospitals.

“Many provinces have parallel circles and birth units that are starting to sync” with the national network, “said Cuban President Miguel Diaz Kanel.

The island of 9.7 million people has already suffered from three power outages throughout the country in the last months of 2024, and two of them lasted for several days.

Although the last collapse of the network is the first of this year, it also comes on the island, as the island fights one of its largest economic crises in 30 years. It struck the United States PenaltiesCuba depends for years on the supported Venezuelan oil, but this supply is increasingly fraught with the government in Caracas He is struggling with her special economic problems.

“At the present time, no one knows when the power will return,” resident, Abel Bon, told Reuters on Malecon Waterfront Street in Havana’s Malecon Waterfront.

People in Havana have already lived with almost four or five -hour energy cuts, while those outside the capital face the power outage, which reached its peak in 20 hours a day in recent weeks.

“My God, this is terrible, we are at a dark weekend,” Karen Guterres, 32 -year -old ice cream seller in Havana, told Agence France Presse.

Andres Lopez, a 67 -year -old resident in the eastern province of Holgoin, added that he was not expecting another obstruction soon.

He said, “It is really bothering me.” “Let’s see when they return (strength).”

Cuba blames its economic problems for the trade blockade of the United States, which dates back to the Cold War era, a network of laws and regulations that complicate financial transactions and gain necessities such as fuel and spare parts.

US President Donald Trump recently tightened sanctions on the island’s communist government, and pledged to restore a “difficult” policy towards the enemy of the United States for a long time.

Meanwhile, to compensate for electricity deficiency, Cuba is racing to install a series of at least 55 solar farms with Chinese technology by the end of this year.

The local authorities said that these facilities will generate about 1,200 megawatts of energy, or about 12 percent of the national total.