Massive blackout in Cuba

ETECSA gives recommendations regarding issues caused by the time change: "They are playing at advancing by going backward."

After two months of blackout, the town of Holguín receives the same repaired electrical transformer

The Guiteras has gone back out due to a breakdown, leaving the SEN on the brink of collapse

Granma is left completely in the dark after a power outage

Cuban designer recounts survival struggles: "We suddenly found ourselves back in the Paleolithic."

"We don't deserve this": Víctor Molina reports nearly 20 days with only two and a half hours of electricity

The UNE denounces that stealing dielectric oil "harms lives": What about allowing the National Electric System to deteriorate?

UNE warns: "Disconnection restored" after SEN outage in eastern Cuba

Massive blackout in the eastern region of Cuba after a failure in the Nuevitas-Las Tunas line

Radio Ángulo, another station in Cuba affected by the blackouts

They report from Guiteras online about the 100 MW, and Cubans respond: "We'll see how long it lasts."

September in Cuba: 11 violent deaths, 136 acts of repression, and 32 hours of blackout

Radio Victoria has been off the air in Las Tunas for more than a month

Cubans mock updates from the CTE Antonio Guiteras: "The tale of the good pipe."

ETECSA attributes the limitations in expanding its network to power outages

Blackouts put telecommunications in Cuba in a tight spot

Cuba continues to experience severe blackouts: the deficit will exceed 2,100 MW

La Guiteras faces another setback and extends its repairs

Electricity restored in El Condado after a protest that forced the repair of a malfunctioning transformer

Residents of Estrada Palma in Santa Clara take to the streets and report blockades with police presence

Manzanillo maternity hospital acknowledges blackout after the SEN outage: "No medical complications were reported."

Yunior García: "The Cuban regime, a one-party system, resembles a cyclops too closely."

The UNE informs that the SEN has been restored "throughout the country"; "what country?" they question on social media

A malfunction has been confirmed in the economizer of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant

The UNE reports progress in reconnecting the SEN while blaming the embargo for the blackouts

MINEM claims that the SEN is connected "from Pinar del Río to Nuevitas," and Cubans respond: "In your imagination."

"How long?" Cubans fed up with power grid failures after the eighth total blackout of the year

The Antonio Guiteras Power Plant suffers another breakdown after Cuba's eighth nationwide blackout

Slow recovery of the SEN after the eighth total blackout in Cuba in 2026

Cuban writer after the new power outage: "We need to stop living in the dark."

UNE provides an update on the restoration of service following the SEN outage

U.S. Embassy in Cuba issue alert for widespread blackout

Only three percent of customers in Havana have electricity following the disconnection from the national grid

A fault in two lines and "unstable weather conditions" are said to have caused the eighth total disconnection of the National Electric System (SEN)

Cuba suffers a new total disconnection from the National Electric System

Díaz-Canel continues his tour amid a water shortage in Cuba

Sad consolation: using all the output from its solar parks, Artemisa barely reduces daily blackout hours from 22 to 18

Marco Rubio on the blackouts in Cuba: "They have been going on for five or seven years because the system doesn't work."

Police operation surrounds residents of El Fanguito amid a power blackout, and reports emerge of a young woman being beaten

The eastern region of Cuba has been disconnected from the National Electric System following fluctuations in transmission lines

Gerardo Hernández uses the news of a blackout in the U.S. to urge people to "stop criticizing everything about Cuba."

"May they first find a way to pay us": Russian expert sets conditions to help Cuba amid energy crisis

Another critical day for Cuba: Blackouts could reach 2,340 MW

UNE suspends digital payment of electricity bills in Cuba until Thursday

Cubans sleep on the Malecón in Havana to escape the heat and blackouts: "This can't go on any longer."

The Cuban regime insists on blaming the U.S. for the collapse of the electrical system

Santiago de Cuba reconnects to the electrical grid after nearly 48 hours of a complete blackout

The Guiteras is back in sync with the national electric system

The Electric Union updates on the progress of the reconnection of the SEN following the seventh massive blackout of 2026

U.S. Embassy in Cuba issues security alert following massive blackout

Energy Minister following seventh disconnection of the SEN in Cuba: "We are moving forward with great effort and commitment."

Unión Eléctrica attributes the seventh disconnection of the National Electroenergetic System to "meteorological events."

Oscillation causes seventh disconnection of the Cuban electrical system

Cuba is trying to restore its electrical system after the sixth total blackout of the year

Cuba awakens with only 14% of the electrical supply restored in Havana following the sixth total blackout of the year

Cubans react to the new disconnection from the SEN: "It falls more than children learning to walk."

New total disconnection of the National Electric System leaves Cuba in the dark

After the reconnection of the West, a 2,195 MW electric deficit is expected during peak hours this Sunday

Heartbreaking image: a baby soaked in sweat during a blackout in Cuba

The UNE announces the restoration of the electrical system in the western part of the country, and Cubans remain skeptical