
Cuba faces yet another nationwide blackout as electrical grid collapses
Sunday’s blackout is the first of August, and comes after the island of 10-million people suffered three in July as the US continues imposing an oil blockade that is testing the country’s aging energy infrastructure.
A man walks down a dark street as Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, plunging the island of about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent, in Havana, Cuba, on August 3, 2026.
REUTERS/Norlys Perez Norlys Perez/Reuters Cuba’s energy grid collapsed late Sunday, the state-owned electricity utility announced on social media, plunging the Caribbean country into yet another nationwide blackout.
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