(Bloomberg) — Cuba’s electric grid suffered a total power failure Monday as the island nation struggles with fuel supplies amid a de facto US oil blockade to pressure the communist government.
The energy ministry said it is investigating the causes and has begun protocols to reestablish service.
Earlier this month about two-thirds of the country was left without power for hours and at least half a dozen national blackouts have been reported in the last year. Protests erupted over the weekend in the city of Moron, with locals throwing rocks and setting fire to the local communist party office.
The Cuban regime has come under increasing pressure to push through economic reforms on the island after the leader of its main benefactor, Venezuela, was detained by the US earlier this year.
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