Havana: Some electricity was restored in Cuba, the government said Saturday, after the island nation's worst blackout in at least two years kicked in when a major power plant failed and left millions without electricity for two days.

Some electricity was restored in Cuba after the island nation’s worst blackout in at least two years left millions without electricity for two days. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said Saturday the country had 500 megawatts in its electrical grid early Saturday,

Cubans expressed alarm, with one resident saying it felt as if the country had reached the “bottom of the barrel.”

Many of Cuba’s power plants are outdated and inefficient; some have been in operation for over 50 years without proper maintenance. After the country’s grid collapsed when Hurricane Ian hit in 2022, experts warned the government needed to urgently invest in modernizing the system.

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The electricity went out nationwide on Friday morning after a failure at a thermoelectric power plant in Matanzas, east of Havana, Cuba’s energy ministry said on the social platform X

In the early hours of Saturday, Cuba experienced its second collapse of the National Power Grid, a moment captured in photographs by Yoani Sánchez, a

Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days

Cuba’s power grid was on the verge of collapse, relying on plants nearly a half-century old and importing fuel that the strapped Communist government could barely afford. On Friday morning their dire predictions came true,

CubaDebate, one of the islands state-run media outlets, said Cuba`s grid operator, UNE, had reported at 6:15AM the "total disconnection of the national electro-energetic system." "The Electric Union is working on its reestablishment,