Blackout in Cuba leaves millions without power amid US oil chokehold
Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left
Summary
Latest outage darkens island facing dwindling oil reserves and increasing pressure from WashingtonA blackout hit the western half of Cuba on Wednesday, leaving millions of people in Havana and beyond without power in the latest outage to affect an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electricity grid.The government’s Electric Union confirmed the outage on social platform X, saying it affected people from the eastern town of Pinar del Rio to the central town of Camaguey. Continue reading...
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