{"id":115846,"date":"2024-10-19T06:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T23:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115846"},"modified":"2024-10-19T06:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T23:19:48","slug":"cuba-plunged-into-an-island-wide-blackout-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115846","title":{"rendered":"Cuba plunged into an island wide blackout : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-28971\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4117;&#10;        --source-height: 2747;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4117x2747+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F01%2Ffff227d14eea9074b2afcc55e6c8%2Fap24292656865737.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4117x2747+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F01%2Ffff227d14eea9074b2afcc55e6c8%2Fap24292656865737.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4117x2747+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F01%2Ffff227d14eea9074b2afcc55e6c8%2Fap24292656865737.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4117x2747+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F01%2Ffff227d14eea9074b2afcc55e6c8%2Fap24292656865737.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4117x2747+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F01%2Ffff227d14eea9074b2afcc55e6c8%2Fap24292656865737.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"A person drives a classic American car past a floating generator that has not been producing electricity for days in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4117x2747+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F01%2Ffff227d14eea9074b2afcc55e6c8%2Fap24292656865737.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A person drives a classic American car past a floating generator that has not been producing electricity for days in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Ramon Espinosa\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Ramon Espinosa\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>MEXICO CITY &#8211; Cuba\u2019s power grid shut down on Friday, leaving the entire country without electricity. <\/p>\n<p>The massive outage leaves 10 million people on the Caribbean island without electricity.<\/p>\n<p>One of the country\u2019s largest power plants, the Antonio Guiteras power plant in the western province of Matanzas,  failed shortly before midday on Friday. The failure prompted a total breakdown of Cuba\u2019s electrical system. <\/p>\n<p>The power outage comes after<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>days of rolling blackouts. <\/p>\n<p>Cuba\u2019s prime minister,<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MMarreroCruz\/status\/1847346662978585000\"> Manuel Marrero Cruz<\/a>, blamed the problem on deteriorating infrastructure and fuel shortages exacerbated by Hurricane Milton, which has made it difficult for fuel deliveries to reach the island. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The prime minister made an address on state television on Thursday evening and said the government would prioritize providing electricity to residential areas and promised shipments of fuel would arrive on the island in the coming days. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to say with all transparency that we had to paralyze all fundamental entities of the economy to provide a minimum of electricity to the population&#8221; he said.  This has led to the closure of public schools until Monday and of all state enterprises and industries unless they provide \u201cvital\u201d services.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban officials have not indicated a timeline for when the power grid will be operational again. The massive blackout is a new low in a country that has already been dealing with a deepening economic crisis and widespread food shortages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/18\/nx-s1-5157835\/cuba-plunged-into-an-island-wide-blackout-as-power-grid-collapses\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person drives a classic American car past a floating generator that has not been producing electricity for days in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. 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