A nationwide blackout took place in Cuba early Wednesday after a failure at the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, the country's largest power station. The Ministry of Energy and Mines blamed the outage on an automatic failure that disconnected the National Electric System and assured that efforts are underway to restore power, though past outages suggest the process could take days.
Wednesday's episode marks the third island-wide blackout in less than two months, underscoring the severe degradation of Cuba's energy infrastructure. On Tuesday, just hours before the latest outage, the country experienced its highest rate of electricity shortfall this year, with half of the population (52%) affected by service interruptions, as El Debate reports.
