Cuba's Energy Crisis: Third Blackout in Four Months

Cubas Power Crisis: A Third Blackout in Four Months Leaves Millions in Darkness

Cubas energy crisis deepens as the island nation experiences its third major blackout in four months, affecting around eleven million residents. The outage, which began on Tuesday, has caused widespread power loss, with electricity slowly returning to hospitals and key areas.

Officials attribute the crisis to a deteriorating power grid, exacerbated by years of daily outages and a U.S. energy blockade tightened under President Donald Trump. The blockade, which includes threats of tariffs on nations selling oil to Cuba, has disrupted critical shipments from Venezuela.

Residents are growing increasingly frustrated with the constant blackouts, which have led to spoiled food and accidents. One woman fell down twenty-seven steps in the dark, requiring jaw surgery, while a man in Havana suggested that people should leave if they can.

Power has been restored in some areas, such as the western town of Pinar del Rio and the southeastern province of Holguin, with small systems firing up elsewhere. In the capital, about forty-two thousand people, or five percent of customers, had lights by late Monday.

Crews are working to restart key plants, but leaders warn that the grid could fail again at any time. U.S. figures like Senator Marco Rubio have called for big political and economic changes to fix Cubas broken system, while the Trump team pushes for prisoner releases in exchange for easing sanctions.

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