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Cuba’s power grid collapses again in nationwide blackout

Cuba's national electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, plunging the island of approximately 10 million people into darkness in what has become a recurring crisis for the Caribbean nation. The state-run Union Electrica de Cuba (UNE) announced a "total disconnection"…

Cuba’s grid collapses for second time in a week

Cuba's national electrical grid failed for the second time in five days on Friday, plunging the island of nearly 10 million people into darkness and intensifying what observers describe as one of the country's worst humanitarian crises in decades.