2024 Cuba blackout
The 2024 Cuba blackout is an ongoing total nationwide power outage across Cuba that began on 18 October 2024 due to the failure of the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant. Prior to the shutdown, the Cuban government announced energy-saving measures.[1] The blackout is the most severe energy crisis that the country has experienced since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.[2]
Blackout
[edit]The outage began at around 11:00 local time on 18 October, after the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant in Matanzas, the country's largest, went offline.[2]
Impact
[edit]All non-essential public services were suspended starting on 17 October, while schools were closed until 21 October.[3]
President Miguel Diaz-Canel blamed the outage on difficulties in importing fuel and other resources due to "financial and energy persecution" by the United States.[4]
Protests
[edit]Small-scale protests erupted hours after the blackout began.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Robles, Frances (18 October 2024). "Power Outage Plunges All of Cuba Into Darkness". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ a b Grant, Will; Davies, Maia (18 October 2024). "Cuba suffers nationwide blackout after main power plant fails". BBC News. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Power plant failure triggers blackout across cash-strapped Cuba". France 24. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Cuba forced to 'paralyse economy' amid desperate energy crisis". Al Jazeera. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Pérez, Santiago (18 October 2024). "Cuba Suffers Mass Blackout as Energy Crisis Deepens". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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