Cuba sees island-wide blackout after power plant failure
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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Cuba’s power grid is basically running on vibes at this point. Solar panels in two years? Cool, guess they'll just keep winging it till then.
How can Cuba have an official X account if the US doesn’t let companies work with Cuba?
Twitter, it's called Twitter.
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".
Since when was ITAR a problem for Musk? I'm sure he's violating ITAR constantly, esp. with the Russians and Starlink. Twitter for Cuba is peanuts by comparison
I think it's really great that he's standing up for the principle of free speech even when it's on behalf of a communist government that hates him and everything he stands for.