Coverage dated March 21, 2026

Cuba’s power grid collapses leaving it without electricity for the 3rd time this month

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The Cuban Electric Union, which reports to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, announced a total blackout across the island without initially giving a cause for...

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  1. NBC 6 South Florida

    Cuba’s power grid collapses leaving it without electricity for the 3rd time this month (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    The Cuban Electric Union, which reports to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, announced a total blackout across the island without initially giving a cause for...

  2. Digital Journal

    Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout in a week (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Cuba plunged into darkness for the second time in less than a week on Saturday after its national power network failed again, strained by aging

  3. The Boston Globe

    Cuba suffers second blackout in a week amid fuel squeeze (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    A failure in a power unit in Nuevitas caused the outages, according to preliminary findings.

  4. Newsweek

    Cuba hit by third blackout this month as energy crisis worsens (opens Newsweek)

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    Cuba's power grid collapsed for the third time in March as a U.S. oil blockade and aging infrastructure deepen the island's energy crisis.

  5. CNN

    Cuba plunged into second nationwide blackout in less than a week (opens CNN)

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    Cuba has suffered another island-wide electrical blackout, the Ministry of Energy announced Saturday evening, leaving more than 10 million people without power.

  6. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Cuba begins to restore power after nationwide grid collapse (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Saturday's failure, the third this month, left millions without electricity.

  7. KRDO

    Cuba announces second nationwide blackout in less than a week (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Max Saltman, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Cuba’s Ministry of Energy announced Saturday evening that entire island has suffered another electrical

  8. MyNorthwest

    Cuba reports second nationwide power grid outage in a week (opens MyNorthwest)

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    HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said Saturday a total disconnection of the National Electric System took place, the second nationwide

  9. MyNorthwest

    Cuba begins to restore power after third nationwide collapse in a month (opens MyNorthwest)

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    HAVANA (AP) — Cuba began restoring its energy system on Sunday, a day after a nationwide collapse of the entire grid left millions of people in the dark for

  10. The Guardian

    Cuba’s power grid collapses in third nationwide blackout amid US oil blockade (opens The Guardian)

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    Network breakdowns compounded by daily blackouts of up to 12 hours caused by fuel shortages

  11. CBS News

    Cuba suffers second nationwide power outage in less than a week (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Humanitarian organizations began delivering aid to Cuba by air Friday, including solar panels, food and medicine.

  12. WSVN Miami

    Cuba’s power grid collapses leaving it without electricity for the 3rd time this month - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and

  13. Digital Journal

    Cuba scrambles to restore power after new blackout (opens Digital Journal)

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    Cuban authorities scrambled Sunday to restore power to the island after the second nationwide blackout in less than a week, as the grid struggles due to

  14. WHDH Boston

    Cuba’s power grid collapses leaving it without electricity for the 3rd time this month - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and

  15. Deutsche Welle

  16. New York Post

    Cuba’s power grid collapses, plunging country into darkness for the 3rd time this month (opens New York Post)

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    Cuba’s power grid collapsed for a third time in March, plunging the island into darkness and exposing the country’s ongoing energy and infrastructure crises amid a US-imposed oil blockade.

  17. CBS News

    Cuba begins to restore electricity after nationwide power grid collapse (opens CBS News)

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    Cuba has begun restarting its power grid after another nationwide blackout left millions without electricity.

  18. NBC News

    Cuba's power grid collapses, leaving it without electricity for the 3rd time this month (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Cuba's power grid collapsed Saturday, leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.

  19. Al Jazeera

    ‘Can’t live like this’: Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout in a week (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Power grid collapses for a third time in March as the Cuban government battles a US-imposed oil blockade.

  20. Fortune

    Cuba begins to restore power after third nationwide collapse of the entire energy grid this month alone (opens Fortune)

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    Cuba's aging grid has drastically eroded in recent years, but the government has also blamed the outages on a U.S. energy blockade.

  21. BNO News

    Cuba reports 2nd nationwide power grid collapse this week (opens BNO News)

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    Cuba’s energy ministry said the country’s power grid has collapsed nationwide for the second time this week. The outage was reported Saturday by Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines, which said the National Electric System, the state-run grid that supplies electricity across the island, suffered a “t…

  22. Los Angeles Times

    Cuba’s power grid collapses, leaving it without electricity for the third time this month (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Cuba is again without electricity as the power grid has collapsed for a third time this month.

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