March 16, Kathmandu – According to Cuba’s national electricity supplier, power has been restored to more than 18,000 customers in Havana following an island-wide blackout.
This number accounts for only 2.1 percent of the total consumers in the capital. Currently, Cuba is facing an extreme shortage of energy and fuel.
The energy crisis has deepened due to disruptions in fuel supply caused by US sanctions.
For the past three months, Cuba has been unable to secure fuel shipments, resulting in daily load shedding lasting over 10 hours on average.
On March 16, a fault in the national transmission line plunged the entire country into darkness.
According to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the energy blockade has left tens of thousands of children and citizens waiting for surgeries.
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