Yesterday, Cuba's "National Power System was completely cut off, and the beautiful Havana lost its light!
Netizens: Another ally is about to be sacrificed soon!
Russian News Agency, March 17.
Do you remember the song "Beautiful Havana"? But Havana is no longer beautiful now.
Earlier on Monday, Unión Eléctrica announced that Cuba's national power system had completely lost power, and then activated the power restoration protocol.
Cuba recently also experienced a full-scale blackout caused by an accident at the "Antonio Guitras" thermal power plant; another failure that caused power outages in the capital area occurred on March 10th.
Due to the energy crisis, the island has seen public protests in the past 10 days, one of which escalated into an attack on the local Communist Party committee and led to the detention of participants.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the destructive behavior and emphasized that the authorities would not tolerate such acts going unpunished.
On January 29, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing import tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba, and declared a state of emergency due to the so-called threat posed by Cuba to US national security.
The Cuban government stated that the United States is attempting to strangle the economy of the Caribbean nation through an energy blockade and make people's living conditions unbearable.
On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed firm support for the Cuban people's right to defend their national sovereignty and choose their own path of development during a phone call with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859858039692297/
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