Cuba's national electrical grid shut down on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed, Cuba's energy ministry said, plunging the entire country into a blackout.
A person waves a Cuban flag during a gathering marking International Workers' Day at Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Cuba's national electrical grid shut down on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed, Cuba's energy ministry said, plunging the entire country into a blackout.
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero on Thursday blaming ongoing rolling blackouts during the past several weeks on a perfect storm well-known to most Cubans - deteriorating infrastructure, fuel shortages and rising demand. The island's two largest power plants, Felton and the now-offline Antonio Guiteras, are both under-producing, the government said, and require immediate maintenance, part of a four-year plan to revitalize Cuba's decrepit infrastructure.
The shortfalls have left Cuba to fend for itself on the far costlier spot market, at a time when its government is near bankrupt. SaskPower was sentenced Friday morning in a Weyburn courtroom, receiving a record fine, after being found guilty of three workplace-safety related violations when two experienced employees were killed on the job in 2020.Tobacco settlement will not protect future generations from addiction: advocates
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