Cuba Suffers Second Total Power Grid Failure Within Week Following an Intensified US Energy Blockade

The Ministry of Energy and Mines announced a total disconnection of the National Electric System that left the entire island without power on Saturday.This nationwide blackout is the second in less than a week and the seventh recorded in the last eighteen months for the population of nine million.Miguel Díaz-Canel linked the crisis to fuel shortages caused by the intensified US blockade on petroleum shipments from Venezuela.While Donald Trump labeled the island a failed nation, international aid convoys have arrived with solar panels and food to assist the residents.
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