Cuba's national electric grid collapses,
leaving millions without power
Posted By: NorthernDog, 3/16/2026 8:08:33 PM
HAVANA - Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Monday, the country's grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system. Grid operator UNE said on social media it is investigating the causes of the blackout, the latest in a series of widespread outages that last for hours or days and that this weekend sparked a rare violent protest in the communist-run country. Officials ruled out a major power plant failure, but had still not pinpointed the root cause of the grid collapse, suggesting a problem
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Pretty much everything in Cuba is old and worn out. I guess socialism isn't the paradise they promised.