Cuba Hit By Second National Blackout In A Week
Cuba suffered another nationwide blackout after its national power grid collapsed for the second time in a week, leaving millions without electricity and deepening the country’s worsening energy crisis. The latest outage also marked the third major grid failure reported in March, underlining the strain on Cuba’s fragile power system.
Cuba Nationwide Blackout Leaves Millions Without Power
The latest collapse plunged much of the island into darkness after a failure linked to a generation unit at the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant. Authorities said the breakdown triggered a full disconnection of the national system, affecting homes, businesses and public services across the country. Havana and several other cities faced widespread disruption, with only limited power gradually returning through local recovery systems.
Cuba Power Grid Crisis Worsens In March
The repeated blackouts have exposed the depth of Cuba’s electricity crisis. Aging infrastructure, weak maintenance capacity and fuel shortages have all contributed to repeated failures of the national grid. The latest outage came just days after another nationwide collapse, making it one of the most serious runs of power disruption the country has faced in recent months. Power cuts have already become routine in many parts of Cuba, but island-wide failures on this scale are far more severe.
Fuel Shortages And Recovery Efforts Continue
Cuban officials have been trying to restore supply through smaller localised power networks while prioritising hospitals and other essential services. Recovery has been gradual, with parts of Havana getting electricity back first. The crisis has also been worsened by continued fuel shortages, which have limited generation capacity and made the system more vulnerable to sudden plant failures. For ordinary Cubans, the latest blackout has added to growing hardship, affecting transport, communications, food storage and daily life.
