Cuba's Ministry of Energy and Mines confirmed on social media Monday that the power outage that left half the island without electricity was due to a fire in a sugar cane plantation, it was reported.
Industrial conflict in French oil refineries has left many gasoline stations without fuel forcing the government to requisition with a court order, essential workers to staff oil depots of companies in conflict.
Venezuela's largest refinery complex has been hit by a power outage, at a time of acute fuel shortages in parts of the crisis-torn oil producer, an opposition lawmaker said on Sunday.