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Cuba hit by total blackout as US fuel blockade bites

A shopkeeper uses a power generator after a blackout in Havana on March 5, 2026. [AFP]

A power outage struck the entire island of Cuba on Monday, the state-owned electric company said, the latest blackout as the United States pursues its oil blockade against the island's communist government.

The cuts resulted from a "complete shutdown of the national grid," Union Nacional Electrica de Cuba (UNE) said in a statement, adding that work had begun to restore electricity flow.

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