Cuba struggles to restore power to island following nationwide grid collapse

Cuban authorities have yet to fully explain Monday’s blackout, the country’s third this year

July 07, 2026 14:13

HAVANA: Cuba struggled on Tuesday to restore power after its national ​grid collapsed the day before, leaving millions still without electricity across the Caribbean island nation.

Authorities have yet to fully explain the cause of the Monday blackout — the third to affect the country this ‌year — which left an ‌already exhausted population ​of ‌nearly ⁠10 ​million people in ⁠the dark overnight.