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Cuba Suffers Second Nationwide Blackout in a Week Amid Oil Blockade

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Source: Al Jazeera
Cuba Suffers Second Nationwide Blackout in a Week Amid Oil Blockade
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Cuba suffered a second nationwide blackout in a week after a generating unit failed at the Nuevitas plant, triggering cascading outages that hit the island as US oil sanctions bite. With imports limited, authorities activated micro-generators to keep essential services running while Havana and other areas endure hours-long blackouts and tourism is affected.

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  1. ‘Can’t live like this’: Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout in a week  Al Jazeera
  2. Cuba's second power cut in a week leaves 10 million in darkness  BBC
  3. Cuba's power grid collapses leaving it without electricity for the 3rd time this month  WBUR
  4. Cuba suffers second nationwide power outage in less than a week  CBS News
  5. Cuban power grid collapses for second time in a week amid US oil blockade  Reuters

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