Cuba was plunged into its seventh massive blackout of the year on Friday, France 24 reported, leaving millions without electricity across the island. The outage is part of a recurring power crisis that has made electricity cuts a constant feature of daily life.
The island has a population of more than nine million people, according to the supplied report. France 24 attributed the continuing outages to the poor condition of Cuba’s aging thermoelectric plants, which have struggled to maintain reliable power generation.
The report said the situation has worsened significantly since January. It linked that deterioration to what it described as a de facto energy blockade imposed by Washington, without providing further details in the supplied material.
Friday’s outage was identified as the seventh massive blackout Cuba has experienced this year. The report did not give a duration for the blackout, specify the areas affected, or provide information about restoration efforts or the cause of the latest grid collapse.
The recurring failures underscore the vulnerability of Cuba’s electricity system, where problems at aging generating facilities have contributed to persistent power cuts. France 24’s report, by Shirli Sitbon, did not include statements from Cuban authorities or the US government in the supplied text.