HAVANA/WASHINGTON: Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The Ministry of Energy and Mines on X noted a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and said it was investigating, noting there were no failures in the units that were operating when the grid collapsed. It was the third major blackout in Cuba over the past four months.

The blackouts sparked a rare violent protest in the Communist-run country this weekend

Ten million people left without power in latest of outages that sparked violent protest last weekend