# Millions without power in Cuba as electrical grid collapses again

https://mins.news/en/video/65487

- France 24 English, 2026-09-19 13:01 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQRAZpZmuBE

> Cuba suffered its seventh major blackout of the year on Friday. The island of more than nine million people faces frequent outages because of its deteriorating, aging thermoelectric plants, with conditions worsening sharply since Washington imposed a de facto energy blockade in January.

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