TRIAL BEGINS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN EX-PRESIDENT BOZIZE OVER WAR CRIMES. (PHOTO).
Cuban authorities said they expect to restart a major thermoelectric plant on Saturday after it shut down earlier in the week, triggering a widespread blackout. The Antonio Guiteras plant had gone offline on Wednesday when a boiler broke, leaving millions of residents in western Cuba without power.
Crews worked carefully to repair the equipment, with engineers noting that the confined space and high temperatures made the operation slow but necessary for safety. Cuba’s Electric Union reported that only about 1,000 megawatts of electricity were available afterward, less than half of the island’s current demand, leaving many customers still without power.
This is the second significant outage to hit western Cuba in three months, with officials attributing the problems to an aging grid and limited fuel supplies. Cuba, which relies heavily on oil imports from Venezuela, has recently faced tighter fuel restrictions and energy-saving measures amid regional tensions and disruptions to shipments.
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