Blackout in Cuba reaches Day 3

[nycfan]

Cuba Suffers Second Power Outage in 24 Hours, Realizing Years of Warnings

Fidel Castro once called Cuba’s power plants “prehistoric.” But the country still relies on them, contributing to the longest blackout since the collapse of its former patron, the Soviet Union.

www.nytimes.com

Cuba Suffers Second Power Outage in 24 Hours, Realizing Years of Warnings​

Fidel Castro once called Cuba’s power plants “prehistoric.” But the country still relies on them, contributing to the longest blackout since the collapse of its former patron, the Soviet Union.

“…
On Friday morning their dire predictions came true, as the entire island plunged into the most prolonged blackout it has suffered in the three decades since its former benefactor and steady fuel supplier, the Soviet Union, collapsed.

Cuban energy officials managed to get power back up briefly to some parts of the island on Friday night. But early Saturday the state’s utility company reported another “total disconnection” of the system, the second in less than 24 hours.

Government officials tried to reassure the public that power would be broadly restored over the weekend but acknowledged they could not be sure. …”

 

[Paine]

Cuba Suffers Second Power Outage in 24 Hours, Realizing Years of Warnings

Fidel Castro once called Cuba’s power plants “prehistoric.” But the country still relies on them, contributing to the longest blackout since the collapse of its former patron, the Soviet Union.

www.nytimes.com

Cuba Suffers Second Power Outage in 24 Hours, Realizing Years of Warnings​

Fidel Castro once called Cuba’s power plants “prehistoric.” But the country still relies on them, contributing to the longest blackout since the collapse of its former patron, the Soviet Union.

“…
On Friday morning their dire predictions came true, as the entire island plunged into the most prolonged blackout it has suffered in the three decades since its former benefactor and steady fuel supplier, the Soviet Union, collapsed.

Cuban energy officials managed to get power back up briefly to some parts of the island on Friday night. But early Saturday the state’s utility company reported another “total disconnection” of the system, the second in less than 24 hours.

Government officials tried to reassure the public that power would be broadly restored over the weekend but acknowledged they could not be sure. …”

Reminds me, why hasn’t Biden ended the embargo?

 

[donbosco]

Reminds me, why hasn’t Biden ended the embargo?

The Right’s messaging on Communism is too vigorous I’d say for any kind of detente. Trumpism has concretized the blockade.

I spent 10 days in Cuba roughly 15 years ago - I’d visit again in a heartbeat. I was on an educational permit. UNC has one of the USA’s top historians of Cuba in Lou Perez and he’s created a ‘coaching tree’ of former students that is impressive. I don’t think any (all?) of them have managed to return there to work in a decade or so.

From a certain POV, the blockade is finally beginning to work - 60 years after installed.

 

[Batt Boy]

The Right’s messaging on Communism is too vigorous I’d say for any kind of detente. Trumpism has concretized the blockade.

I spent 10 days in Cuba roughly 15 years ago - I’d visit again in a heartbeat. I was on an educational permit. UNC has one of the USA’s top historians of Cuba in Lou Perez and he’s created a ‘coaching tree’ of former students that is impressive. I don’t think any (all?) of them have managed to return there to work in a decade or so.

From a certain POV, the blockade is finally beginning to work - 60 years after installed.

Always like your take. My relatives are Columbian and Venezuelan and they say the same thing, "the blockade is finally working, 3 generations late."