As of March 22nd, Cuba has begun to restore the electricity supply after another nation-wide blackout sparked, leaving more than 10 million people without power within the island.

This now marks the third time that Cuba has lost its power, with the first time being caused by the US blocking fuel supplies from Venezuela earlier this year on Monday.

As a result from this, Cuba barely produces around 40% of the fuel it needs to power its economy.

The electrical grid had allegedly suffered ” a total disconnection ” on Saturday, as quoted in a CNN article on the matter, due to an issue with a thermometric plant in province of Camagüey. ( Saltman , Mar, 22, 26 ).

Quoted from a NBC News article from a local resident experiencing the blackouts, ” With the blackout and low voltage, my refrigerator broke — that was today.

A day before yesterday, the voltage also dropped around 10 at night, ” Suleydi Crespo, a 33-year-old woman, told AP on Saturday. “If there’s no electricity tomorrow, we won’t be able to get water.” ( The Associated Press , Mar, 21, 26 ).

Since Sunday, power had officially began to be restored, with Cuba’s Ministry of Energy reporting that smaller closed-circuit system are ‘ operating in all territories ‘.

The lack of fuel from Mexico and Venezuela collectively has stopped all tourism to the island, causing disruptions in education, cutting services at hospitals,