Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said at around 8:15 p.m. local time an outage at the Diezmero substation on the outskirts of Havana had caused ‘a significant loss of generation in western Cuba and,

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.

Havana’s streets plunged into darkness once again as a general blackout hit Cuba. Writing on the social network X, Cuban PM Manuel Marrero Cruz said the government was "working tirelessly" to restore power.

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'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,