Havana: A blackout left millions of people in western Cuba, including Havana, without electricity on Wednesday, authorities said.
The national electric company said in a statement the power went out in the early hours of Wednesday in several provinces.
In Havana, home to 1.7 million people, "there is no electricity," the company said.
Cuba is mired in an economic crisis and has endured five nationwide blackouts since late 2024, some of them lasting days.
Cubans also face daily power outages that sometimes last more than 20 hours.
The national power grid is decrepit. Cuba's eight power plants were built in the 1980s or 90s.
Thirty solar plants built with help from China have not helped to prevent blackouts.
Cuba's communist government says the US trade embargo in force since 1962 prevents it from repairing the national power grid. Economists also blame a lack of government investment in the system.
