Cuba hit by island-wide power blackout for second time this week

• Cuba experienced a national power blackout on Saturday, marking the third such incident this month.
• The Cuban Electric Union attributed the outage to an unexpected failure of a generating unit at the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant, which caused a cascading effect across the grid.
• This widespread outage left the entire island without electricity, highlighting the country's decaying infrastructure and ongoing fuel shortages.
• Power outages have become increasingly common in Cuba over the past two years, exacerbated by daily blackouts lasting up to 12 hours due to fuel scarcity.
• The Cuban government also blames a US energy blockade, referencing a warning from Donald Trump about tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba.

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Cuba’s power grid collapses leaving millions without electricity for third time this month