Cuba struggles to get energy grid back online after nationwide blackout

The Cuban government has started to restore power to the millions of residents left in the dark during a nationwide power outage this week.

On Saturday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel sought to reassure the country, amid the continuing struggles with the electrical grid.

“We are working hard and tirelessly to recover the electrical system, according to priority, in order to achieve stability,” he wrote on the social media platform X.

He also praised community leaders during the crisis. “It’s admirable, the wisdom and poise of those who are heroes in these complicated hours, many of them young.”

The president’s comments come after the entire country was plunged into darkness on Friday, in what experts called the worst blackout in two years.