CUBA — A nationwide blackout in Cuba was announced Monday.
The island’s government-run electric company announced a “total disconnection of the national electric power system” of which the cause is under investigation.
The blackout in the country of 10 million comes as fuel has been running out since January.
Cuba has experienced several nationwide blackouts over the past few years as an aging infrastructure has struggled to meet demand.
The Trump administration threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to Cuba, but questions remain about whether the mounting pressure from the U.S. will force the regime to allow foreign investment or make any type of deal with the U.S.
Power outages have been a part of life for years on the communist island, where the electric system, composed mainly of aging soviet-era plants, is in shambles.
The regime has been imposing harsh power cuts across the country, sometimes for more than a day at a time in Havana.
There has been no word yet on a fix for the current blackout.
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