Havana (AP) – Total jerk Cuba In the middle of the latest of a series of outages accused of aging infrastructure and fuel deficiency at power plants.
That was The second outage of the whole island This year, with Three more outages reported at the end of last year.
The Ministry of Energy and mines stated on the social platform X the last outage could be tied to a disorder in one of the largest thermoelectric plants in Cuba.
Argulio Abad, the Deputy Chairman of the Ministry, said that on the state television, the grid turned off after an apparently wrong report warning against overheating disconnected by the thermoelectric plant. He added that officials immediately began to build the type of microsystem that gives electricity to the infrastructure that provides basic services.
The ministry said that crews are working to restore energy to the island of about 10 million people, while electricity is returning to hospitals, food races and other highly priority businesses.
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero appeared in the State Energy Society in Cuba and asked Cuban for their trust when he said on state television that electricity would be gradually restored.
Some Cubans, like 65 -year -old Mayte García, believed they would be without power for a few days.
She said it was “outdoors and took fresh air” when she waited for the electricity to return.
“If you buy something, you don’t know if you keep it. Many people’s food has spoiled,” García said about objects in refrigerators and freezers.
Havana, the capital of the country with approximately two million people, seemed calm, although many have taken away to try to find certain objects before dark.
“I came to bread,” said Katie Cárdenas, a 48 -year -old public employee, adding that she was afraid of staying without basic goods after a failure.
The city traffic lights were dark and many social and cultural activities were suspended, but the petrol stations continue to offer fuel through pumps.
The Internet service in Havana was particularly slow or occasionally in some areas.
The persistence of power outages over the years has led some Cubans to prepare for them.
“I have a small power plant … but many people complain because they will be influenced,” said Aurelio Chaacón (65).
In recent months there have been many good individuals, small entrepreneurs and residents with family abroad who are able to send goods have installed solar panels or charging devices.
At the beginning of this week, the outage of the Eastern Region of Cuba intervened and left people from Las Tunas to Guantánamo in the dark for several hours.
In February, the government suspended classes and work activities for two days due to lack of electricity production.
Exists a serious crisis for economic and energy offer in Cuba. In recent years has deteriorated because of US sanctions He was to put pressure on the island and change his political model.
Sanctions have prevented the Caribbean nation from having sufficient foreign currency to buy fuel or buying equipment to repair their aging thermoelectric plants, many of which have been working for more than 30 years.
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