Cubans rely on batteries and generators with the continuation of the latest energy blackout

Millions of people in Cuba remained without energy on Saturday after the country’s electrical network failed, he left the island in the dark the night before.

The massive blackout is the fourth in the past six months, as it affects a severe economic crisis. In a statement on social media, the Ministry of Energy and Mines attributed the latest interruption to a failure at a sub -station in the outskirts of Havana, the capital.

The internet and the phone service was intermittent about 18 hours after the energy exit at about 8 pm local time on Friday.

Lazaro Goura, the ministry’s electricity director, said on the national television that energy has already been created to support vital services such as hospitals.

A statement issued by the Cuban Electricity Union issued on Saturday said that the strategy is the creation of “microsystems” that will contact each other to gradually restore electricity throughout the country. Many of them were already working in Guantanamo, Santiago, Las Tunas and Pinar Del Rio provinces.

In Sancti Spiritus, the regional energy company on Telegram has informed that more than 200,000 customers in this field suffer from electricity thanks to these Microsystems systems.

Many Cuban families use electrical equipment to prepare their meals. The power outages may cause food to melt in refrigerators and may be spoiled due to the tropical climate of the island.

“When I was about to start cooking and making some spaghetti, strength came out. What?” “A 79 -year -old housewife, a 79 -year -old, said on Saturday.

In Havana, people were shopping for food on Saturday. The companies were open, although some were working using batteries or small home generators.

The fuel stations were also open, but the tunnel that runs under the Gulf of Havana and connects the city to the arguments was dark.

Cuba has suffered a power outage similar in October, November and December. The latest was the first of 2025, but in mid -February, the authorities suspended classes and work activities for two days due to a lack of electricity generation, which exceeded 50 percent in the country.

Experts said that electricity disorders are the result of fuel deficiency in the power stations and infrastructure of aging. Most plants work for more than 30 years.

The interruptions come at a time when the Cubans suffer from a severe economic crisis. Analysts have been blamed for the effects of the Covid-19s, a program of home measures that sparked inflation, and above all, tightening sanctions by the United States.