Cuba hit by second island-wide blackout in less than a week
Cuba has suffered another nationwide power outage, its second in less than a week, after the state utility said the blackout began on Friday afternoon local time. The outage plunged the island into darkness shortly before evening and affected the entire country. Officials gave no immediate explanation for the failure.The state-owned Union Electrica de Cuba said the blackout started at 4:30pm local time, or 20:30 GMT. The latest outage follows a similar power failure on Monday, bringing the total number of island-wide blackouts reported this year to four. Two other total blackouts were recorded in March, according to the supplied... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 11 Jul 2026 01:00 LONDON
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