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Story summary
- Cuba’s national electricity grid collapsed on Sunday, causing a blackout, with UNE saying the cause and restoration time are unknown.
- The outage follows July blackouts that left 10 million people without power and is the third collapse in nine days.
- Cuba blames U.S. restrictions after President Donald Trump’s oil blockade.
- Analysts cite decades of underinvestment and ageing plants 30 years old, noting that the blackout disrupted transport, water, communications and medical services.
