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 Perez
HAVANA—Cuba reconnected its power grid on March 17 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. However, officials said power shortages may continue because not enough electricity is being generated.
