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Cuba's electrical grid suffers total collapse, affecting millions
The Globe and Mail · World
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- Cuba's electrical grid suffered a total collapse on Friday, plunging the nation into darkness.
- The collapse was triggered by a failure in high-voltage transmission lines in central Cuba around 2 p.m. local time.
- This is the latest of at least six partial or total grid collapses since January.
- A U.S. pressure campaign has largely blocked oil from reaching the Caribbean island.
- Power had returned to scattered neighborhoods in Havana by late evening, primarily around hospitals.
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