Cuba plunged into islandwide blackout as power crisis worsens, in photos

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A vendor lights her way with a battery-powered lamp while waiting for customers on the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A vendor lights her way with a battery-powered lamp while waiting for customers on the Malecón during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Children look at their phones while sitting on the Malecón wall during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Children look at their phones while sitting on the Malecón wall during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People walk on a street during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People walk on a street during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
An electric tricycle transports customers during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
An electric tricycle transports customers during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People are seen waiting in a car in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People are seen waiting in a car in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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11:05 PM on Monday, March 16

By RAMON ESPINOSA

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed again on Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as deepening energy and economic crises continue to strain a crumbling power grid.

The Cuban Electric Union said the blackout was caused by a failure of a generating unit at the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant in Camagüey province.

It was the second blackout in the past week and the third this month. Cuba has blamed the crisis partly on a U.S. energy blockade.

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