Second Complete Collapse of Cuba's Power Grid in One Week

Cuba experienced a second nationwide blackout in seven days on Wednesday, as the Caribbean island nation continues to grapple with a severe energy crisis driven by aging infrastructure, lack of fuel, and extreme heat.

• The national electric company blamed the latest outage on technical problems at one of the main power plants.
• Authorities ordered non-essential businesses to close and urged residents to conserve electricity.
• The blackouts have affected hospitals, water distribution systems, and communications networks across the island.. Unlike the previous outage last week, which lasted several hours, officials did not immediately provide an estimated time for restoring full power supply to the grid.

# Second Complete Power Grid Collapse in Cuba Within a Week