A statewide blackout caused by a power plant failure in Cuba has left millions of people without power, closing schools and stopping public transportation in the capital city of Havana.
Food shortages and inflation are hallmarks of the island nation’s greatest economic crisis in thirty years.
Schools closed, public transportation came to a complete stop, and traffic lights went out, bringing the capital Havana to a near complete halt.
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The head of electricity supply at the energy ministry, Lazara Guerra, said the process of restoring power to communist Cuba’s 11 million inhabitants was in its early stages.
The blackout followed weeks of power outages, lasting up to 20 hours a day in some provinces, which prompted Prime Minister Manuel Marrero on Thursday to declare an “energy emergency.”
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The government on Thursday suspended all non-essential public services in order to prioritize electricity supply to homes.
Schools across the country…