Cuba hit with seventh major blackout of the year
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September 18, 2026
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba was plunged into its seventh massive blackout of the year on Friday, the energy ministry said, as fuel shortages bite on the US-blockaded communist-ruled island.
“A total disconnection of the electrical system has occurred,” the ministry wrote on X, without specifying the cause.
The embattled communist nation of more than nine million people is struggling to keep the lights on due to creaking infrastructure and a biting US energy blockade.
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