Cuba Gets Some Electricity Back After Major Power Outage Left Millions in the Dark

Residents prepare a soup over an open fire during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 19, 2024. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo

HAVANA—Some electricity was restored in Cuba, the regime said Saturday, after the island nation’s worst blackout in at least two years left millions without electricity for two days.

Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said the country had 500 megawatts in its electrical grid early Saturday, compared to the 3 gigawatts that are normally generated. He posted on the social media platform X that “several substations in the west now have electricity.”