Cuba Restores National Power System After Second Nationwide Blackout in a Week

Kathmandu. Cuba's nationwide electricity cut, the second in a week, has resumed operations after the national power system was restored on Sunday. The National Power Company said.

The National Power Authority wrote in a statement on X, “The national power system across the country has been reconnected since 6:30 AM today.”

The system had to be restarted after more than 24 hours due to problems with the country's electricity supply. The process was delayed and complicated by a shortage of fuel. Engineers intensified their work from Saturday night to Sunday morning.

More than 65 percent of households in Havana, a city of about 1.7 million people, had their electricity restored since Saturday night.

This is the fourth nationwide power outage in 6 months. It is the ninth time since the end of 2024. Cuba has a total population of 9.6 million.

Cuba is going through its worst economic crisis in decades. The crisis has been exacerbated by a blockade on fuel imposed by US President Donald Trump in January. This blockade is part of an campaign to pressure the end of six decades of communist rule.