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Another total failure of its power grid underlines Cuba's hardship under a US-imposed fuel blockade.
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Cuba's energy ministry said "a total disconnection of the National Electrical System has occurred", in a statement posted on social media. "Protocols for restoration are already beginning to be implemented."
Cuba's grid operator UNE said it was gradually recovering electricity, prioritising "vital" centres including hospitals and water systems.
The Caribbean country has suffered three major blackouts this month as a US fuel blockade cuts off foreign oil imports, required to keep power stations running.
The Communist-run country has an ageing electricity infrastructure and chronic fuel shortages.
A coalition of international socialist groups arrived in Havana over the weekend to show their support for the Cuban government, bringing with them aid donations of solar panels, basic food kits and medicines.
The "Nuestra America" convoy, a flotilla of aid leaving Mexico, was delayed because of rough sea conditions but is expected to arrive in Havana's port on Monday.
Rare public dissent sparked by the recent crisis and national power cuts saw locals banging pots and pans in central Havana on Monday. Protesters in central Cuba's town of Morón also attacked and set fire to the Communist Party headquarters on the same day.
Unauthorised demonstrations are illegal in Cuba and those who defy the ban risk being jailed.
Watch: As Cuba struggles with power cuts, how is the island holding up?Since US soldiers seized former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on 3 January, Donald Trump has been repeatedly asked about similar mooted plans for Cuba.
President Trump is reported to want the removal of Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel, a regional ally of Venezuela, as a condition of lifting the fuel embargo.
Last week, Trump suggested there could be a "friendly takeover" of Cuba, later remarking it
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