When the lights go out, it is not just homes that become
dark. The pulse of an entire country comes to a halt. On Friday (September 18),
that darkness once again descended on the Caribbean Island of Cuba. Electricity
supply suddenly stopped, urban life came to a standstill and the daily lives of
millions of people were plunged into uncertainty. Amid a fuel crisis that has
lasted for months, Cuba’s national power system collapsed again, raising fresh
political and humanitarian concerns.
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