Oct. 18 (UPI) --The electric grid on the island of Cuba went entirely offline Friday after the failure of a major power plant east of Havana, government officials announced.Following an unexpected ...

The problem stems from years of neglect of Cuba’s energy infrastructure, exacerbated by constrained access to foreign capital and a failure to adapt to new energy options. As a result, Cubans are ...

Even as Cuba worked to fix the power problems Saturday, the country issued hurricane watches for the far eastern Guantanamo, Holguin and Las Tunas provinces as a tropical storm developed into ...

HAVANA (TNND) — Cuba was in total darkness Friday after a failure at one of the island's major thermoelectric power plants-- and during a massive blackout that started a day prior.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 80 mph (130 kph) with higher gusts. Its center was located about 150 miles (240 kilometers) east-northeast of Guantanamo, Cuba.

After three days without electricity in Cuba, power returns in most of Havana, ... A Cuban walks next to a floating power plant in Havana Harbor on October 21, 2024.

Cuba said on Wednesday it would keep schools closed and non-essential workers home through Sunday as the crisis-racked Caribbean island nation struggled to recover from the collapse of its power ...

HAVANA — Millions of people in Cuba remained without power Saturday after a failure of the nation’s electric grid left the island in the dark the previous night.