As Cuba dealt with a significant power failure, millions of people in the island nation remained without electricity for a second night in a column on Saturday.
According to The Associated Press, continuous internet and telephone service were provided after power was lost in the evening.
On social media, Caribbean President Miguel Diaz-Canel claimed that the government was “working ferociously to regain balance” to the network.
On Saturday, attempts to restore power to Havana and Santiago de Cuba, the second-largest area in the island, failed, forcing the network operator to start over.
In contrast, the majority of Cubans outside of Havana have endured months-long, intermittent disruptions that can last as long as 20 hours per time.
Cuba’s economy is impacted by restrictions and economic decline.
The Cuban Electricity Union, Cuba’s state-owned power, announced on Saturday that its plan was to build “microsystems” that would eventually link to one another to restore power to the beach.
According to experts, current blackouts in Cuba have been largely caused by gas shortages and aging infrastructure.
Cuba is also suffering from an economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as from more stringent sanctions imposed by the US.
Trump, the president of the US, recently increased restrictions on the island’s communist government and vowed to be” tough” with the Caribbean region.
