Cuba suffers second nationwide power outage in less than a week
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Key Points:
- Cuba experienced its second nationwide power outage in under a week due to the shutdown of Unit No. 6 at a Nuevitas power plant, causing a domino effect across the national electric system.
- The recent blackout is the fourth major outage in Cuba over the past four months, exacerbating frustrations that have led to protests amid worsening living conditions.
- Humanitarian aid, including solar panels, food, and medicine, has been delivered to Cuba following the previous blackout that affected around 11 million people.
- Cuba attributes its energy and economic crises to a U.S. energy blockade, intensified by sanctions and halted oil shipments from allies like Venezuela after U.S. actions against its government.
- Former President Donald Trump has publicly claimed that
