What We Know About Cuba’s Power Grid Collapsing

Source: ADALBERTO ROQUE / Getty – People gather at the Malecon waterfront during a blackout in Havana on March 16, 2026.

Cuba was plunged into a nationwide blackout on March 16, affecting the island’s roughly 11 million residents, as the country’s worsening energy and economic crises continue to strain an already fragile power grid.

Cuba’s power went out on Monday, residents were warned to “take precautions.”

On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, reported that the...