Cuba Blackout

Cuba Blackout

A man uses a flashlight as Cuba's national electric grid collapsed for the second time in a week amid the US-imposed oil blockade, according to officials, as the communist government struggles to keep the lights on for about 10 million people with decrepit infrastructure, in Havana, Cuba, March 21, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Cuba's power grid fails for second time this week, plunging country into darkness

"We are already working on restoring the National Electric Power System, a complex ‌situation amid all the difficulties we face on a daily basis," Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy...

Cars drive on a street during a national electrical grid collapse, in Havana, Cuba, March 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Cuba reconnects electrical grid, restores power to much of Havana