Cuba slowly gets power back after latest blackout
A man sits on the Malecón seawall after sunset during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Cubans were gradually getting power back on July 15, after the third nationwide power outage in less than 10 days, the national electricity company said.
The communist island was already struggling to keep the lights on before U.S. President Donald Trump cut off its oil supplies in January, depleting the dwindling supply of fuel for its power plants.
The national power grid went offline at about 11:05 a.m. on July 14, according to the state-run UNE electricity company, leaving the country’s 9.6 million inhabitants without power.
