Cubans expressed alarm, with one resident saying it felt as if the country had reached the “bottom of the barrel.”

The Cuban government has announced emergency measures to slash electricity demand, including suspending classes, shutting down some state-owned workplaces and canceling nonessential services. Officials said that 1.64 gigawatts went offline during peak hours, about half the total demand at the time.

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