Cuba's electric grid collapses, national electric union says


FILE PHOTO: People gather on a street during a blackout as Cuba's national electric grid collapsed, according to the country's grid operator, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade, in Havana, Cuba March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo

March ⁠21 (Reuters) - Cuba's national ⁠electric grid collapsed on ‌Saturday, the country's grid operator said, leaving ​around 10 million ⁠people without ⁠power amid a U.S.-imposed ⁠oil ‌blockade that has ⁠crippled the island's already ​obsolete ‌generation system.

The power failure ⁠was ​the second nationwide since the ⁠beginning of the blockade, ​with the previous one occurring last ⁠Monday. Grid operator UNE announced the outage on social ​media and ⁠said it would ​continue giving ‌updates.

(Reporting by Sarah ​Kinosian; Editing by Nia Williams)

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