Grid failure plunges Cuba into nationwide blackout

Cuba’s ageing power grid collapsed on Sunday after a weekend of outages and amid US-imposed fuel shortages.

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Five of Cuba’s 15 provinces without power as grid fails again freemalaysiatoday.com
Cuba plunged into darkness again as power grid collapses scmp.com
Cuba’s national electricity grid collapses on Sunday myjoyonline.com

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