Credit to Author: Amaury Perez Sanchez| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:05:01 +0000
Cuba is in the throes of a severe energy crisis, driven by fuel supply disruptions and compounded by obstacles in securing vital technologies and supplies needed to modernize and operate […]
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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:08:44 +0000
Electric Cars for Cuba: Alum Earns A+ in Trade Diplomacy When the white Tesla Model Y rolled onto the dock … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Amaury Perez Sanchez| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:10:03 +0000
Distributed generation stands out in the Cuban power system, where there are hundreds of units dispersed throughout the country. In times of contingency, and as usually happens when a hurricane hits the country, distributed generation ensures the vitality of electrical service through interconnected systems in the form of “islands.” Of the slightly more than 6,000 […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:29:00 +0000
More than 2.5 million electricity customers in Florida were without power early Sept. 29 as Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and continued to cause damage with high winds and heavy rain, even after being downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday. The storm, which made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:13:59 +0000
The state-owned Unión Eléctrica (UNE) is responsible for supplying electricity to the Cuban population and the national economy. This is a complex process in which more than 50,000 workers intervene, highlighted Jorge Armando Cepero Hernández, UNE’s general director during a recent press conference. The executive explained that electrical energy is produced with a generation fleet […]
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Credit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 23:20:29 +0000
In Cuba, skateboarding falls into a grey area, where it’s considered illegal but often overlooked by authorities.
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Credit to Author: Rebecca Bodenheimer | Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:08:26 +0000
The Evangelical church has gained a huge amount of political power in Cuba, and LGBTQ people are dealing with the consequences.
Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:53:29 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday blamed the United States for a second widespread blackout this year that cast most of the South American nation in darkness amid an opposition campaign to overthrow him.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 01:07:15 +0000
HAVANA – The first train using new equipment from China pulled out of Havana Saturday, hauling excited passengers on the start of a 915-kilometer (516-mile) journey to the eastern end of the island as the government tries to overhaul the country’s aging and decrepit rail system.
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Credit to Author: Alexis Ruiseco| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:03:06 +0000
Amid rollbacks of LGBTQ rights in Cuba, Alexis Ruiseco-Lombera is archiving the country’s vibrant queer and trans community in photos.
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