Western Cuba hit by major blackout that energy official says could last 72 hours

Mar 5, 2026 - 00:00
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Western Cuba hit by major blackout that energy official says could last 72 hours
A woman walking in front of an image of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro

A blackout hit the western half of Cuba on Wednesday, leaving millions of people in Havana and beyond without power in the latest outage to affect an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid.