Cuba's power grid collapses in 7th blackout this year amid fuel crisis

On an island where the lights have now failed twelve times since late 2024, Cuba's electrical grid collapsed entirely in September 2026, leaving millions without power, water, or cooking gas. The failure is the convergence of decades of deferred maintenance, fuel dependency, and a tightened American embargo that has cut off both oil and replacement parts. While governments trade accusations over who bears responsibility, more than six million Cubans — two-thirds of the population — now live in poverty, navigating daily life as a sequence of absences. It is a reminder that geopolitical disputes