A grandmother cooks beans in the dark. A daughter irons at midnight. Cuba's sixth grid collapse of 2026 has turned electricity into a countdown.

Cuba's power blackouts have been stretching sometimes for days, so Cubans are planning their lives around the lights turning back on

HAVANA (AP) — A 20-minute burst of electricity is a small miracle in Havana nowadays — a miracle that sometimes comes at 3 a.m.