Havana, March 22, 2026 (AFP) - Cuba scrambles to restore power after new blackout

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2026-03-22

Cuban authorities scrambled Sunday to restore power to the island after the second nationwide blackout in less than a week, as the grid struggles due to an aging infrastructure and a US oil blockade. Some parts of Havana began to have electricity again, a day after the energy ministry reported a "total disconnection" of the national electric system in the country of nearly 10 million people. The outage comes as Cuba's communist government has fac......

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