The failure of one of Cuba’s main power plants left the entire nation without electricity on Friday. The disruption happened at around eleven am, local time, when the Antonio Guiteras power plant abruptly switched itself off from the national power grid, shutting down the country's entire electrical system. Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel informed the nation on x that the government and the electrical system authorities are giving absolute priority to solving as soon as possible the contingency. They will not rest until the power service is fully restored.
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00:00The failure of one of Cuba's main power plants left the entire nation without electricity
00:05on Friday.
00:06The disruption happened at around 11 a.m. local time, when the Antonio Guitera's power
00:10plant abruptly switched itself off from the national power grid, shutting down the country's
00:16entire electrical system.
00:18Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel informed The Nation on X that the government and the
00:22electrical system authorities are giving absolute priority to solving as soon as possible the
00:27contingency and that they will not rest until the power service is fully restored.
00:33On the other hand, the electricity director of the Ministry of Energy and Mining, Lázaro
00:37Guerra, informed that a gradual process for the re-establishment of the national electric
00:42system has already begun and is moving forward as planned.
00:46The causes of the plant's failure are being investigated.