Cuba went under crisis after then it suffered a major blackout which was nationwide, which happened on Saturday morning. It happened exactly after the hours when officials announced that power was being slowly restored.
A post was published on Cuba Electrical Union’s official telegram channel that at 6:15, a new major outage occurred of the national electro energetic system, and the electric union is working to reestablish’.
Later on, when the issue came out, Cuban officials said, a small pocket of power had been restored across the island, although there were no immediate numbers provided of how many people had their services reconnected.
Some Cubans reported on social media that their power briefly returned before flickering out.
This blackout was a disaster for the Cuban people because it threatened to plunge the communist-run nation into a deeper crisis if there was no power than how things function, it is possible, that if any blackout hit, it would disrupt the whole life. If you have to store the food anywhere during the blackout, it will ultimately spoil the food in refrigerators and other things will be halted due to no power supply. It can give a bad hit to the economy too because in a single day, many things are being carried out and when it is disturbed so course this is going to be worse.
After the collapse of the electrical grid, millions of people were left without power over the last few days.
Saturday’s blackout came after Cuba experienced a complete shutdown of its electrical grid on Friday, triggered by the failure of a major power plant, as reported by the island’s energy ministry. Cuban officials attributed the crisis to a combination of factors, including heightened U.S. economic sanctions, disruptions from recent hurricanes, and the deteriorating state of the island’s infrastructure.
In a televised address that faced technical issues, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz explained that much of the country’s limited production capacity had to be halted to prevent total power loss for residents. “We have been suspending economic activities to generate electricity for the population,” he stated.
Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda noted on X that health facilities were relying on generators while healthcare workers continued to deliver essential services. In Havana, drivers struggled to navigate a city devoid of functioning streetlights, with only a few police officers managing traffic. Generators remain a luxury for many Cubans, with only a handful operating throughout the city.
In response to the energy crisis, classes were canceled in schools from Friday through the weekend, nightclubs and recreational facilities were ordered to close, and only ‘essential workers’ were permitted to report to work, as outlined in a list of energy-saving measures released by the state-run site Cuba debate earlier on Friday.
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