Cuba's Grid Collapses a Third Time in 10 Days

Cuba's power grid failed again around 11:00 am, cutting electricity to all 10 million residents in the third total blackout in ten days. Cuba's Ministry of Energy and Mines confirmed "a total disconnection of the electrical system," attributing it to fuel shortages after Venezuela and Mexico both halted oil shipments under US pressure, compounding an aging grid dating to the 1960s–1980s. US Ambassador Michael Waltz told Havana to "change your ways and turn the lights back on for your people." The repeated collapses underscore how thin Cuba's operating margin has become: with fuel reserves exhausted, the system now has no redundancy left to absorb even minor plant outages.