{
  "id": 27807,
  "title": "Five of Cuba’s 15 provinces without power as grid fails again",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/five-of-cubas-15-provinces-without-power-as-grid-fails-again",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-02T03:36:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/02/five-of-cuba-s-15-provinces-without-power-as-grid-fails-again"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "HAVANA: Havana and other parts of western Cuba were plunged into darkness on Saturday due to the country's latest power grid failure, according to the state-run electric company, UNE. Five of the 15 provinces experienced a partial collapse of the electricity grid, leaving millions of Cubans without power. The frequent blackouts have been exacerbated by the fuel blockade imposed by US President Donald Trump in January, which has made the national grid more susceptible to outages and rendered emergency generators all but impossible to use.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Cuba’s national electricity grid collapses on Sunday",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/cubas-national-electricity-grid-collapses-on-sunday",
        "published": "2026-08-03T02:05:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Grid failure plunges Cuba into nationwide blackout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/grid-failure-plunges-cuba-into-nationwide-blackout",
        "published": "2026-08-03T04:35:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Cuba plunged into darkness again as power grid collapses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/cuba-plunged-into-darkness-again-as-power-grid-collapses",
        "published": "2026-08-03T05:43:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}