Two-thirds of Cuba, including Havana, hit by blackout

5 days ago

Two-thirds of Cuba, including the capital Havana, have been hit by a major blackout after a failure in the national power grid, the state electricity company UNE said. The outage began shortly after noon on Wednesday following an "unexpected" breakdown at the Antonio Guiteras power plant, one of the island’s largest facilities. UNE said the failure affected central and western regions of