Cuba Restores Power After 29-Hour Blackout Amid US Oil Blockade

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A man uses a flashlight during a blackout as Cuba’s national electric grid collapsed, according to the country’s grid operator, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade, in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Norlys PerezHAVANA—Cuba has reconnected its power grid on Tuesday and brought online its largest oil-fired power plant, energy officials said, putting an end to a nationwide blackout that lasted more than 29 hours amid a U.S. move to choke off the island’s fuel supply.After the country’s 10 million people had been plunged into darkness overnight, the Caribbean island’s national power grid came fully back online by 6:11 p.m. (2211 GMT). However, officials said power shortages may continue because not enough electricity was being generated.

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