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Cuba suffers nationwide power outage, plunging millions into darkness
Channel 3000 News/CNN ^ | March 15, 2025 | CNN Bitter LOSERS

Posted on 03/15/2025 7:07:20 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

Cuba’s power grid collapsed Friday night, triggering a nationwide power outage and plunging its more than 10 million people into darkness.

“At around 8:15 p.m. tonight, a failure at the Diezmero substation caused a significant loss of generation in the west of #Cuba and with it the failure of the National Electric System,” Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said in a statement.

Efforts to restore service are underway, the ministry added.

Video filmed by CNN in the capital Havana showed streets and buildings shrouded in total darkness, as people used electric torches to navigate the streets.

It marks the latest in a series of failures on the Caribbean island struggling with creaking infrastructure, natural disasters and economic turmoil.

Cuban officials have previously blamed US economic sanctions, which increased under the previous administration of President Donald Trump, for further crippling an already ailing energy sector.

Critics also fault a lack of investment in infrastructure by the communist government.

For nearly a week in October, most of Cuba suffered near-total blackouts, the worst energy outages in decades.

(Excerpt) Read more at channel3000.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; History
KEYWORDS: blackouts; cuba; energy; energyoutages; lightsout; outages
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"Cuban officials have previously blamed US economic sanctions, which increased under the previous administration of President Donald Trump, for further crippling an already ailing energy sector."

FAFO, Commies. ;)

1 posted on 03/15/2025 7:07:20 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

They’re living in darkness 24/7.


2 posted on 03/15/2025 7:08:23 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Let me guess. Gitmo never lost power.


3 posted on 03/15/2025 7:09:22 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Texas Eagle

I think you’re right about that.


4 posted on 03/15/2025 7:12:55 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

as people used electric torches to navigate the streets.


there is an historical reason for fire torches..............


5 posted on 03/15/2025 7:13:19 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The Canadians probably turned their electricity off.


6 posted on 03/15/2025 7:13:23 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The commie pig, Ellissa Bumpkin, says Americans brains are not fully developed. She can KMA.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Cuba needs an Augusto Pinochet pronto.


7 posted on 03/15/2025 7:13:46 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Enviro-kooks are overjoyed — NO CO2 emissions coming from Cuba. Viva la CO2!


8 posted on 03/15/2025 7:13:59 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

lolzzzzzz... Cuba is as well lit as NorksLand. If anyone has that satellite or U2 photo of nighttime North Korea and nighttime South Korea. They must still be using kerosene lamps in North Korea.
Stalin — Communism is socialism plus electricity.
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The quote “Communism is socialism plus electricity” is actually a misattribution to Stalin. The correct quote, attributed to Vladimir Lenin, is “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country”. This statement was made by Lenin in 1920 when presenting the GOELRO plan, which was the first Soviet initiative for national economic recovery and development.


9 posted on 03/15/2025 7:15:05 AM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Hyman Roth would never have let this happen.

I’m only half-joking. Having the Mafia run Cuba through a dictator looks bad, until you get to see the alternative. We’re learning that lesson again the hard way in Syria.


10 posted on 03/15/2025 7:15:47 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What did Communists use for sources of light before candles?

Answer: Electricity.


11 posted on 03/15/2025 7:16:23 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

This is what happens when Democrats control essential services.


12 posted on 03/15/2025 7:18:50 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Burma Shave)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Let me guess.. not enough communism?


13 posted on 03/15/2025 7:20:10 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I never understand talk of how US economic sanctions hurt Cuba.

If communism is such a superior system of organizing your economy and society, why does a communist regime such as Cuba, need trade and relations with an “evil” capitalist country such as the US?

Or do the communist leaders of Cuba not really believe in communism as a superior system?

I’m clearly missing something.


14 posted on 03/15/2025 7:20:30 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Who cares??? They are responsible for their pathetic country.


15 posted on 03/15/2025 7:24:16 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

America does not trade with Cuba so that the rest of the world has some decent cigars to buy.

If ”The Great Satan” traded with Cuba, there would be nothing left for anyone else.


16 posted on 03/15/2025 7:25:01 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; All
Right...and it's supposed to be some kind of Communist Nirvana
17 posted on 03/15/2025 7:28:53 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Or as the Cubans call it “Saturday”


18 posted on 03/15/2025 7:34:07 AM PDT by albie (U)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Great rebuttal.


19 posted on 03/15/2025 7:35:17 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you i9s how they. control you. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Let’s hope it’s not just a test case.


20 posted on 03/15/2025 7:36:36 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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