Cuba’s power grid collapsed Friday night, triggering a nationwide power outage and plunging its more than 10 million people into darkness. “At around 8:15 p.m. tonight, a failure at the Diezmero substation caused a significant loss of generation in the west of #Cuba and with it the failure of the National Electric System,

Cuba suffered a massive power outage Friday night affecting Havana and the country's provinces that left millions in the dark. Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said at around 8:15 p.m. local time an outage at the Diezmero substation on the outskirts of Havana had caused “a significant loss of generation in western Cuba and,

Cuba has struggled with blackouts in recent months, including a nationwide one in December. Friday’s power failure was the fourth widespread one in five months. Government officials blame U.S. economic sanctions for the ongoing crisis, while others point to aging infrastructure, fuel shortages and the island’s susceptibility to hurricanes.

Havana’s streets plunged into darkness once again as a general blackout hit Cuba. Writing on the social network X, Cuban PM Manuel Marrero Cruz said the government was "working tirelessly" to restore power.

Cuba's eight thermal power plants, nearly all of which came online in the 1980s or 1990s, suffer routine failures.

Cuba suffered a general blackout on Friday caused by a crash of its national electricity grid, officials said, the latest major power outage in the island country.

Cuba's national electrical grid failed late on Friday, according to state-run media, leading to widespread blackouts in the capital Havana and across the country. Officials said they were investigating the causes and magnitude of the grid failure,

Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed late on Friday, the country's Energy and Mines ministry said, leading to widespread blackouts in the capital Havana and across the Caribbean island nation. Energy ministry officials said an electrical substation in Havana failed around 8:15 p.