Cuba Faces yet Another Nationwide Blackout as Electrical Grid Collapses
UNE said it had not immediately identified the cause or restoration timetable after the collapse, which followed three grid failures in nine days last month.
- Cuba's national electricity grid collapsed on Sunday, the state-run Electric Union announced on Twitter, plunging the island into a widespread blackout. The outage marks the latest in a series of nationwide failures this year.
- Aging thermoelectric plants, some more than 30 years old, have deteriorated amid fuel shortages exacerbated by US-imposed oil blocks under United States President Donald Trump following the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
- The blackout left about 10 million people without electricity, disrupting medical services and transport. Unresolved complaints mounted in municipalities including Guanabacoa and Marianao before the grid failure, according to Reuters.
- Electric Union authorities are attempting to restore power by creating small, isolated networks for hospitals and food facilities, though they provided no cause for the collapse in posts on Twitter and Facebook.
- This event follows three grid collapses within nine days in July, occurring as Havana attempts to secure fuel imports through a recently authorized foreign-backed venture despite halted supplies from Venezuela and Mexico amid US-imposed pressure.
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Cuba begins restoring power after sixth nationwide electrical grid collapse of 2026
Cuba began gradually restoring electricity Monday after the island suffered its sixth nationwide power grid collapse this year, leaving the country’s entire electrical system offline, according to state energy officials.
A general power outage is ongoing in Cuba during the night of Sunday to Monday (local time), announced the national electricity company. This new outage comes only a few hours after the restoration of electricity in four of the 15 provinces of the island. ...
A general power outage is under way in Cuba during the night of Sunday to Monday, while the island is subject to an American oil blockade.
The U.S. oil embargo continues to severely affect the population.
In Cuba, electricity has once again failed nationwide.
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