By love-89.com As Cuba faces a massive power outage that has entered its third day, Havana has witnessed small street protests. On October 19, police were seen dismantling barricades set up by demonstrators. Authorities disclosed that their third attempt to restore electricity that night was unsuccessful, leaving millions without power and prompting further skepticism about the government’s ability to rectify the situation.
Reports indicate that Cuba’s largest power plant experienced a malfunction on October 18, causing the national grid to fail around noon that same day. State media later confirmed that the grid had again collapsed early the following morning.
By the evening of October 19, officials announced some progress in restoring electricity, although the national grid suffered another failure later that night. They indicated that nearly 20% of the population had regained power, with priority given to essential services like transportation and hospitals.
The Havana Electric Company took to social media platform Telegram to announce, “At 10:25 PM, the national power system was completely disconnected again.” However, this post was subsequently removed from their official account, and the reason for its deletion remains unclear. By the morning of October 20, millions of Cubans still lacked electricity.
Shortly after the deletion, the Cuban Ministry of Energy reported ongoing efforts to restore power, revealing that the western subsystem, which includes the capital, had once again disconnected. In a statement on X, the ministry noted, “The process of rebuilding the power system remains complex.”
This third collapse of Cuba’s national grid underscores the significant challenges authorities face in their rapid response efforts, while residents continue to struggle with severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel.