a technical malfunction 220 kV high voltage lines In Cuba, the center and east of the island were left without power, the presidency reported on Twitter on Monday.
According to the state company Unión Eléctrica (UNE), seven of Cuba’s 15 provinces have had no current since last afternoon: Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo.
Minister of Energy and Mines, Vincent de la O LevyWhile pointing out the fire in a reed field in the region as the first hypothesis of the malfunction, he did not give information about how long it would take to be repaired.
The “network failure”, described by UNE, occurred between. Holy Spirit and its municipality new girls (Camaguey).