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    <text>Cuba experiences its third nationwide power outage of the year, with state utility Unión Eléctrica de Cuba reporting a total grid disconnection as the country faces severe fuel shortages and chronic failures in its electricity system. </text>
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    <text>Cuba announces it has completely run out of diesel fuel due to a U.S. blockade of the island as blackouts in Havana now exceed 20-22 hours per day. </text>
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    <text>Spanish airline Iberia announces the suspension of flights to Cuba from June to late October due to fuel supply constraints and reduced passenger demand linked to the U.S.-imposed oil blockade of the country. The airline states that it plans to resume operations in November if conditions improve. </text>
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    <text>Cuba reports a nationwide power outage following a total electrical grid collapse, the third major blackout to occur on the island this month. </text>
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    <text>Cuba reports a nationwide power outage following a total electrical grid collapse. </text>
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      <text>Cuban authorities arrest five people after protesters damaged and set fire to a Communist Party office in Morón, Ciego de Ávila Province, during demonstrations over prolonged blackouts and shortages of basic goods. </text>
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    <text>Cuban authorities arrest five people after a small group of protesters damaged and set fire to a Communist Party office in Morón, Ciego de Ávila Province, during demonstrations over prolonged blackouts and shortages of basic goods. </text>
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    <text>A major blackout across much of western Cuba, including Havana, leaves millions without power, following a fault at the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas. Officials estimate it will last at least 72 hours. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2026/03/4/a-nationwide-blackout-occurs-in-iraq-with-the-ministry-of-electricity-saying-the-power-grid-has-gone-down-entirely-and</slug>
    <text>A nationwide blackout occurs in Iraq with the Ministry of Electricity saying the power grid has gone down entirely, and that the cause is under investigation. </text>
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    <text>The Dominican Republic experiences a rare countrywide blackout, which officials blame on a failure in the power transmission grid. </text>
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    <text>Cuba experiences its fifth nationwide power outage in less than a year, affecting about 10 million people. </text>
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    <name>AFP via ''Jamaica Observer</name>
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  <text>Cuba suffers its second nationwide blackout in five days, with state utility UNE reporting a total grid collapse amid fuel shortages, aging power plants and continuing electricity rationing. </text>
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