Cuba's electrical grid collapses in nationwide blackout


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  • Wednesday, 10 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: People walk on a street during a national electrical grid collapse, in Havana, Cuba, March 15, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/ File Photo

HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist Cuba's national power grid collapsed for the fourth time in less than a year on Wednesday morning causing a nationwide blackout, authorities said.

"There has been a total disconnection of the Electric System," the Energy Ministry and National Electric Union said.

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