Andrea Rodriguez | Associated Press
Havana – A total black -out hit Cuba on Wednesday, accused of the latter in a series of malfunctions of aging infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants.
This year it was the second island-wide malfunction, reported with three other Black-Outs at the end of last year.
The Ministry of Energy and Mijnen said on Social Platform X that the latest outages can be bound by a malfunction at one of the largest thermo -electric plants in Cuba.
Argelio Abad, the vice -minister of the Ministry, said on the state of TV that the grid was closed after an apparently incorrect message warning for overheating that the Thermo -Electric factory releases. He added that civil servants immediately started building a kind of micro system to deliver electricity to infrastructure that offers basic services.
The ministry said that crews worked to restore the flow to the island of around 10 million people, with electricity returning to hospitals, food production factories and other companies with a high priority.
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero appeared at Cuba’s power company run by the state and asked Cubans for their trust, as he said on the state of TV that electricity would be gradually restored.
Some Cubans, such as the 65-year-old Mayté García, believed that they would be without power for a few days.
She said she was “outside and took the fresh air” while waiting for electricity.
“If you buy something, you don’t know if you can keep it. Eating many people is spoiled,” García said about items in refrigerators and freezers.
Havana, the capital of the land of about two million people, seemed calm, although many people dared to try to find certain items before dark.
“I came to get bread,” said Katie Cárdenas, a 48-year-old public employee, adding that she feared that she will be left without basic goods after the outage.
The traffic lights of the city were dark and many social and cultural activities were suspended, but gas stations continued to offer fuel through pumps.
Internet service in Havana was very slow or fell at some areas intermittently.
The persistence of power outages over the years has encouraged some Cubans to prepare for them.
“I have a small power plant … but many people complain because they will be hit,” said Aurelio Chacón, 65.
In recent months, many well -to -do persons, small entrepreneurs and residents with family abroad have installed those goods can ship solar panels or rechargeable devices.
Earlier this week, a malfunction in the eastern region of Cuba, which lagged people from Las Tunas to Guantánamo in the dark for a few hours.
In February, the government suspended two days and work activities due to a shortage of electricity generation.
There is a serious crisis for economic and energy supply in Cuba. It has deteriorated in recent years because of American sanctions that are intended to put pressure on the island to change his political model.
The sanctions have prevented the Caribbean nation to have sufficient foreign currency to buy fuel or buy equipment to repair its aging thermo -electric factories, many of which have been working for more than 30 years.
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