“There has been a complete disconnection of the National Electricity System (SEN). The causes are being investigated and protocols to restore the network are being implemented,” the Cuban Ministry of Energy and Mines announced on the X platform.
According to Reuters, the failure affected about 10 million people in a country of about 11 million inhabitants.
More than a week ago, there was another major outage that left millions of people in the western part of the island without electricity.
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Energy crisis in Cuba
After the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, the US stopped deliveries of Venezuelan crude oil to Cuba and threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells oil to Cuba. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced on Friday that the island has not received oil supplies for over three months and that the mainstays of the energy system are currently solar energy, natural gas and thermal power plants.
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Diaz-Canel also confirmed that Cuba had started talks with the United States government, which were putting increasing pressure on the communist authorities in Havana in order to resolve the long-standing political dispute between the two countries.
Protests broke out due to the difficult situation in Cuba. Last Saturday, in the city of Moron, located on the northern coast of the island, a mob attacked the office of the Communist Party of Cuba. Footage appeared on social media showing fire and people throwing stones.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns tourists going to Cuba
Regarding the situation in Cuba, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a statement on the occasion of Monday's events. The ministry warns tourists who are going there that they may experience unannounced changes in accommodation, difficulties in access to water, transport, health care and communication services.
“The above circumstances may affect the ability of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Havana to efficiently provide consular assistance, in particular in terms of access to citizens staying outside Havana and the organization of medical transport in emergency situations,” we read.
