In Cuba, there was a complete shutdown of the national electricity grid, I mentioned Ministry of Energy and Mines.
“Recovery protocols are currently in place,” the statement said. Without electricity, as the BBC wrote, more than 10 million people remained in their homes and businesses.
Grid operator UNE said electricity was gradually returning, with priority given to vital facilities including hospitals and water supplies.
Cuba is facing a power outage for the second time in a week, and the third time in a month. The fuel blockade imposed by the United States limits oil imports needed to operate power plants. On March 13, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that the country had not received oil for more than three months, and that it was running on solar energy, natural gas, and thermal power plants.
Trump described Cuba as a “very weak country” and said he would be “honored” to “somehow control Cuba.”