After three days of total blackout, the president of Cuba has warned that his government will not tolerate public ...

Cuba’s power grid collapse has become one of the worst crises in the country’s history. Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

Following an unexpected shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant in Matanzas, the communist-run country's national electricity system was “completely disconnected” at 11 a.m. local ...

Many Cubans waited in anguish and some took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their third day.

A general view of the city during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Havana, taken on October 18, 2024.