Cuba plunged into darkness as electrical grid suffers fresh collapse

People here say they've been waiting all day and no power has come yet. They're killing time by playing dominoes in the street. People have said that the food is already begun to go to waste that they're hungry that there has been no power or water. The kids are sleeping in the street because it's just too hot to sleep inside. And people you know, they're making jokes, but they're also really uncomfortable and really unhappy and are very upset that they still don't have any idea when power is going to come back on here or anywhere else already. Four times, the Cuban government has been in the process restoring power and had it all come crashing down *** complete loss of power on this island. So that is what worries people is that the longer this goes on, we already know that school is going to be canceled here for several days. Life really can't return to normal until the power gets on at this point. Nobody can say when that will happen. Patrick CNN Havana.

Cuba’s energy grid has collapsed, leaving millions without power, the latest in a series of failures on an island struggling from creaking infrastructure, natural disasters and economic turmoil.The state-run utility company, the Cuban Electric Union, said workers were attempting to get the grid back online but local officials warned residents the difficult process of restoring power to aging Soviet-era power stations could take days.Cuba’s top energy producer, the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, suffered an overnight failure, prompting the grid’s collapse on Wednesday, the company said.The government has ordered the “suspension of work and teaching activities,” Cuba’s Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feito said.“This measure will remain in place for the duration of the crisis. Vital services will continue to function and there will be no salary impact,” state media quoted her as saying.For nearly a week in October most of Cuba suffered near-total blackouts, the worst energy outages in decades.The island’s government blames U.S. economic sanctions for the ongoing crisis on the island although critics also fault a lack of government investment in infrastructure.Cuba’s energy and mines ministry said “conditions are more favorable now than in the last disconnection” and that the system was gradually being restored.

Cuba’s energy grid has collapsed, leaving millions without power, the latest in a series of failures on an island struggling from creaking infrastructure, natural disasters and economic turmoil.

The state-run utility company, the Cuban Electric Union, said workers were attempting to get the grid back online but local officials warned residents the difficult process of restoring power to aging Soviet-era power stations could take days.

Cuba’s top energy producer, the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, suffered an overnight failure, prompting the grid’s collapse on Wednesday, the company said.

The government has ordered the “suspension of work and teaching activities,” Cuba’s Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feito said.

“This measure will remain in place for the duration of the crisis. Vital services will continue to function and there will be no salary impact,” state media quoted her as saying.

For nearly a week in October most of Cuba suffered near-total blackouts, the worst energy outages in decades.

The island’s government blames U.S. economic sanctions for the ongoing crisis on the island although critics also fault a lack of government investment in infrastructure.

Cuba’s energy and mines ministry said “conditions are more favorable now than in the last disconnection” and that the system was gradually being restored.

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