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Cuba sees island-wide blackout after power plant failure (edition.cnn.com)
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In a statement on X, the ministry said “the failure” of the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant caused “the total disconnection of the National Electrical System” from 11 a.m. ET on Friday.

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[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 7 points 1 day ago

I thought these were lifted during the Cuban thaw, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30524560

Also, the official account of Cuba likely isn't paying any money to maintain their account, so additionally may be some loophole like "so it doesn't count as a commercial transaction".