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Cuba suffers second total power blackout in two days
Authorities had said they were re-establishing electricity service after a power plant failed on Friday
Cuba was plunged into blackout for a second time on Saturday after its electrical grid collapsed again hours after authorities announced they had begun re-establishing service.
CubaDebate, a state-run media outlet, said the grid operator, UNE, had reported the “total disconnection of the national electro-energetic system” and was working on re-establishing it.
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