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A driver checks the line as he waits for gasoline in Havana, Cuba, December 13, 2024. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
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Cuba runs short on fuel at pump as energy crisis festers

Cuba faces severe fuel shortages, with closed gas stations and long lines, compounding the impact of recent blackouts.

A view of the sky in the early morning during a national electrical grid collapse, in Havana, Cuba, December 4, 2024. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
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Millions of people in Cuba without power after grid collapse

Cuba's outdated oil-fired power plants reached a crisis point this year, contributing to multiple blackouts.

FILE PHOTO: Buildings are pictured during a blackout as the country's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, according to Cuba's energy and mines ministry, in the latest setback to the government's efforts to restore power to the island, in Havana, Cuba October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo
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Cuba decrees contingency plan, new restrictions as energy crisis deepens

Cuba mandates businesses generate 50 per cent renewable power in three years, limits air conditioning, amid its worst energy crisis.

A decade after the Cuban government said it aimed to produce 24 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2030, the Caribbean island has made little progress, as evidenced by nationwide blackouts caused by a power grid failure (AFP)
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Cuban blackout highlights urgency of boosting renewables: experts

Cuba's recent blackout highlights its struggle to transition from outdated oil-fired power plants to renewables amid severe economic strain.

Residents protest by banging pots and pans in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Hurricane Oscar: Cubans struggle with an extended power outage

Cubans protested after power outages lasted three days, worsened by Hurricane Oscar's winds and heavy rain.

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