Event Brief
Cuba suffers nationwide blackout after grid collapse
By The BriefBrief · Sources (21)
Filed: Sep 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM ET
Summary: Cuba’s entire electrical grid collapsed Friday, triggering a nationwide blackout. The U.S. Embassy in Havana said cellphone and internet outages were reported and that the grid is increasingly unstable, with multiple nationwide outages in recent months.
WHO: U.S. Embassy in Havana
WHAT: Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed, causing a nationwide blackout and reported cellphone and internet outages.
WHEN: Sep 19, 2026
WHERE: Cuba
WHY: The U.S. Embassy said the failure was due to the collapse of Cuba’s electrical grid, while Cuban regime media said the reason for the collapse is under investigation.
Sources (21):
ABC News,
ARY News,
Al Jazeera,
BBC News,
Bloomberg,
CBS News,
CNN World,
Deutsche Welle,
Euronews,
Fox News,
France 24,
NPR,
PBS NewsHour,
Rio Times,
Sky News,
South China Morning Post,
Straits Times,
The Guardian World,
The Hindu,
The Independent,
UPI
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