Cuba suffers partial grid failure hours after minister reveals country out of fuel oil, diesel

May 15, 2026 - 00:00
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Cuba suffers partial grid failure hours after minister reveals country out of fuel oil, diesel
A woman makes coffee in her house in Havana, on a day when Cuba's electrical grid suffered a partial collapse.

Cuba's electrical grid suffered a partial collapse early on Thursday morning, the country's grid operator UNE said, snuffing out power across eastern Cuba and testing the patience of Cubans already exhausted ‌from seemingly interminable blackouts amid a U.S. fuel blockade.