Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Cubans were in despair Wednesday after their cash-strapped communist country plunged into its fifth nationwide power blackout in a year. ‘A total disconnection of the SEN electricity system has occurred, which may be associated with an unexpected shutdown’ of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant, the energy ministry said on its X account. It added that it was investigating the outage, which happened at around 9:15am (13:15GMT). Cuba is already in the throes of its worst economic crisis in three decades. In recent years it has been plagued by hours-long daily blackouts, recurring electricity system breakdowns and an acute shortage of fuel to keep producing power.” (09/11/25)