Cuba says electric grid reconnected after nationwide blackout
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August 4, 2026
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba’s state electricity operator said Tuesday that the power grid across the country had been reconnected after a 36-hour nationwide blackout.
Authorities had struggled to get generation facilities and connectors back online, prompting frustration among Cubans who have suffered six islandwide blackouts this year on top of constant localised power cuts.
“This is the new normal: the system goes down, they reconnect it, and it goes down again,” said 57-year-old tricycle taxi driver Carlos Garcia. “But we never have power anyway, even when the electrical grid doesn’t fail. So, for me, it makes no difference.”
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