Cuba was plunged into darkness on Friday night as a nationwide power outage left more than 10 million people without electricity, marking one of the most severe blackouts the country has faced in recent years,

Cuba has struggled with blackouts in recent months, including a nationwide one in December. Friday’s power failure was the fourth widespread one in five months. Government officials blame U.S. economic sanctions for the ongoing crisis, while others point to aging infrastructure, fuel shortages and the island’s susceptibility to hurricanes.

Cuba's power grid collapsed, causing widespread blackouts across the island, including Havana. An electrical substation failure in the capital triggered the outage, affecting much of the country. This event follows recent widespread blackouts and highlights the country's frail power infrastructure amidst ongoing economic struggles.

Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout on Friday due to a failure at the Diezmero substation, marking the third major grid collapse in two months. Off

Cuba's national electrical grid failed late on Friday, according to state-run media, leading to widespread blackouts in the capital Havana and across the country. Officials said they were investigating the causes and magnitude of the grid failure,

Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed late on Friday, the country's Energy and Mines ministry said, leading to widespread blackouts in the capital Havana and across the Caribbean island nation. Energy ministry officials said an electrical substation in Havana failed around 8:15 p.