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WATCH: Cuba hit with third island-wide blackout this year
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July 7, 2026
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0:54Now PlayingCuba was hit by an island-wide blackout Monday as the nation struggles with an ongoing energy crisis.
Cuba's power utility called it a "total disconnection" from the nation's electrical system and said it's investigating the cause.
The outage just the latest power failure on the island of some 10 million people after at least two similar incidents earlier this year.
The nation suffers from aging energy infrastructure, and fuel has been running out since the Trump administration threatened tariffs earlier this year on any countries providing oil to Cuba.
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