Cuba Hit by Second Nationwide Blackout in Less Than a Week

Cuba's power grid failed island-wide again on July 10, 2026, with Unión Eléctrica de Cuba reporting the outage began around 4:30pm local time (20:30 GMT) — the second total blackout in under a week and the fourth nationwide collapse of 2026. No cause was given, consistent with a grid that has lost all redundancy since Trump's January 2026 effective severing of Cuba's oil supply, compounded by Venezuela's halt of oil and financial support to Havana following Maduro's removal and continued US control over Venezuelan oil exports.