Power Outage Plunges Entire Island of Cuba Into Darkness
Communist Cuba is in total darkness today thanks to a power outage due to a lack of oil and a dilapidated energy infrastructure which has forced the government to shut down almost everything.
The Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant in the city of Matanzas suddenly and inexplicably shut down. Repair crews are desperately trying to get the plant working again with no timetable as to when power might be restored.
Schools, industry, and “cultural and nonessential activities” such as bars and discos are shuttered at least until Monday. The outage follows a late-night TV address by Cuban Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz on Thursday night.
“We have had to paralyze the economy to guarantee a minimum of electrical service,” Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said in an announcement.
Early Saturday morning, after power was slowly being restored, another catastrophic failure occurred and the island was once again plunged into darkness.
Jack’s Note: This is a long lived example of what Russia is going to look like in a year or two. Maybe America Too.