Cuba Hit with Another Blackout as Millions Across the Island Are Left without Electricity
Officials said service was restored to 5% of Havana customers as fuel shortages and aging plants continue to strain the island’s grid.
- On Friday, Cuba's national electricity system suffered a total collapse, leaving millions across the island without power. The Energy Ministry announced the outage on social media without disclosing a cause.
- Severe fuel shortages, aging thermoelectric plants, and United States energy restrictions have strained the grid for years. These factors prevent Cuba from importing replacement parts needed to maintain obsolete infrastructure.
- Recurring nationwide blackouts have become common over the past two years due to the severe economic crisis. Even when functional, Cubans endure outages lasting more than 30 consecutive hours, leaving residents without reliable power.
- The collapse disrupted essential services, including water supplies, mobile networks, and hospital systems. The Ministry began activating service-restoration protocols but provided no specific timetable for power restoration.
- Granma reported that "unstable weather conditions further aggravated the grid" situation, complicating recovery efforts. By dusk on Friday, power had been restored to 5% of users in Havana, leaving most residents without electricity.
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Cuba is undergoing a further widespread power outage, against the backdrop of a serious fuel shortage on the island, under pressure from Washington.
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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed once again on Friday, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity for at least the sixth...
The disconnection of the national network occurred after a failure "on the transmission lines" that initially left the west of the country, coupled with "unstable weather conditions in the area," according to the state Electric Union. This is the seventh national blackout in what is going on this year and the twelfth since the end of 2024. In Havana, only 5% of the population had electricity service on Friday afternoon. "It is very strong becaus…
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