"Cuba's electrical grid has suffered a complete and total collapse. This is according to the country's power operator. It's the first nationwide blackout since the U.S. effectively shut off the flow of oil to Cuba. The U.S.-imposed oil blockade has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system."
"Cuba has received only two small vessels carrying oil imports this year, from Mexico and Jamaica. Venezuela, once Cuba's main oil supplier, has sent no fuel to the island this year. Venezuela's state company PDVSA last month loaded gasoline in a tanker that it had previously used to transport fuel to Cuba, but the vessel has not left Venezuelan waters."
"They're really down to, as they say, fumes. They have no energy, they have no money. They're in deep trouble on a humanitarian basis. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has confirmed that his government is currently engaged in talks with the United States over the oil and energy blockade, first initiated by President John F. Kennedy in the 1960s."
Cuba experienced a complete nationwide blackout affecting approximately 10 million people, marking the first total grid collapse since the U.S. oil embargo took effect. The country's power operator UNE is investigating the causes. The blackout resulted from the U.S.-imposed oil blockade combined with severely limited fuel imports. Cuba received only two small oil shipments this year from Mexico and Jamaica, while Venezuela, historically its primary supplier, sent no fuel. The outage sparked rare violent protests and represents the latest in a series of widespread power failures lasting hours or days. Cuban President Diaz-Canel confirmed ongoing negotiations with the United States regarding the decades-old energy blockade.
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