Individuals line up on the street to purchase bread in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 13, 2026.
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HAVANA — Officers in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday within the nation of some 11 million folks as its vitality and financial crises deepen.
Cuba has blamed its woes on a U.S. vitality blockade after President Donald Trump in January warned of tariffs on any nation that sells or offers oil to it.
The Ministry of Vitality and Mines on X famous a “complete disconnection” of the nation’s electrical system and mentioned it was investigating.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday mentioned the island had not obtained oil shipments in additional than three months and was working on solar energy, pure gasoline and thermoelectric vegetation, and the federal government has needed to postpone surgical procedures for tens of hundreds of individuals.
A large outage over per week in the past affected the island’s west, leaving thousands and thousands with out energy.
Important oil shipments from Venezuela have been halted after the U.S. attacked the South American nation in early January and arrested its then-president, Nicolás Maduro.
Whereas Cuba produces 40% of its petroleum and has been producing its personal energy, it hasn’t been adequate to fulfill demand as its electrical grid continues to crumble.
On Friday, Díaz-Canel confirmed that Cuba was holding talks with the U.S. authorities as the issues proceed to deepen.
