Cuba has begun restarting its power grid after another nationwide blackout left millions without electricity. Officials said Sunday about 72,000 customers in Havana got power back, including five hospitals. Crews set up small local systems to feed key sites in several provinces. Officials blamed U.S. sanctions and pressure tied to oil supplies.
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Here's how to protect yourselfAfter an Iranian drone strike, a photographer captures this quiet human momentUganda reintroduces rhinos into a protected area where they have been extinct since 1983Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's liquid pain medication recalledColorectal cancer is rising in younger adults. Here's who is most at risk and symptoms to watch forYoung people are turning to old-school hobbies to get off their phonesPete Hegseth’s Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny after the US goes to war with IranCambio de rumbo de Trump sobre el estrecho de Ormuz plantea dudas sobre preparación bélica de EEUUWorld NewsCuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade. The state-owned Cuban Electric Union reported a total blackout across the island without giving a cause for the outage. People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. People spend the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Fishermen are seen on the Malecón seawall at dawn during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March 22, 2026. People walk on a street in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Cuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade. The state-owned Cuban Electric Union reported a total blackout across the island without giving a cause for the outage. People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. People spend the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. People spend the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Fishermen are seen on the Malecón seawall at dawn during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March 22, 2026. Fishermen are seen on the Malecón seawall at dawn during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March 22, 2026. People walk on a street in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. People walk on a street in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Some 72,000 customers in the capital, among them five hospitals, had electricity again early Sunday, according to a report from the state-run Electric Union and the Ministry of Energy and Mines, but it’s only a fraction of Havana’s total population of approximately 2 million. In Havana and provinces such as western Matanzas and eastern Holguin, local power microsystems were set up to supply the most vital centers. Residents in some areas of the capital told The Associated Press that power returned during the early morning hours. Cuba is currently facing an unprecedented energy crisis. Its aging grid has drastically eroded in recent years, but the government has also blamed the outages on a U.S. energy blockade, afterof tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to Cuba. His administration is demanding that Cuba release political prisoners and move toward political and economic liberalization in return for a lifting of sanctions. Trump also has raised the possibility of a “friendly takeover of Cuba.” Another reason Cuba has been struggling with dwindling oil is the removal by the U.S. of Venezuela’s former PresidentPresident Miguel Díaz-Canel has said the island has not received oil from foreign suppliers for three months. Cuba produces barely 40% of the fuel it needs to power its economy. People are seen waiting in a car in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. People are seen waiting in a car in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. Daily blackouts have a significant impact on the population, whose lives are disrupted by reduced work hours, lack of electricity for cooking and damage to household appliances, among many other consequences. “With the blackout and low voltage, my refrigerator broke — that was today. The day before yesterday, the voltage also dropped around 10 at night,” Suleydi Crespo, a 33-year-old woman with two small children, told AP on Saturday. “If there’s no electricity tomorrow, we won’t be able to get water.”The Cuban Electric Union, which reports to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, reported that the total disconnection of the national energy system was caused by an unexpected shutdown of a generation unit at the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant in Camaguey province, without providing details on the specific cause of the failure.“We have to get used to continuing our usual routine. What else can we do? We have to try to survive. Get used to events, with or without electricity,” said Dagnay Alarcón, a 35-year-old vendor. People watch as fishermen pull their catch from the sea during a blackout in Havana, Sunday, March 22, 2026. People watch as fishermen pull their catch from the sea during a blackout in Havana, Sunday, March 22, 2026. Authorities and Díaz-Canel himself have acknowledged the seriousness of the current energy situation. The Vice Minister of Energy and Mines Argelio Abad Vigo explained this week that the country has gone three months without receiving supplies of diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, aviation fuel or liquefied petroleum gas — all vital for the economy and power generation. Fuel sales for vehicles are rationed, airlines have suspended flights or reduced frequencies many workplaces have reduced hours. Trump has for months suggested Cuba’s government is on the verge of collapse. After a previous time Cuba’s electric grid collapsed, Trump told reporters he believed he’d soon have “the honor of taking Cuba.” María Regla Cardoso, a housewife in Havana, said she isn’t interested in politics and that Cubans have to keep living.
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