Cuba’s power grid collapses in third nationwide blackout amid US oil blockade

2026-03-22 - 03:49

Network breakdowns compounded by daily blackouts of up to 12 hours caused by fuel shortages Cuba’s power grid collapsed on Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a US-imposed oil blockade. The Cuban Electric Union, which reports to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, announced a total blackout across the island without initially giving a cause for the outage. Continue reading...