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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Rodriguez

Cuba plunged into 3rd nationwide blackout in 2 weeks as fuel runs low

Cuba Blackout - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All right reserved)

Cuba suffered another blackout of the National Electric System, or SEN, on Tuesday, leaving the entire country without power, officials said. It was the third such incident in two weeks as a U.S. oil embargo stresses the island’s grid.

Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January, when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island, deepening the island’s ongoing economic and financial crisis. Public transportation has largely been halted, and officials have canceled tens of thousands of surgeries.

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