70% of Cuba’s population has power back after blackout

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Seventy percent of Cuba’s population has power again as the island recovers from a nationwide blackout and a hurricane that left seven people dead, the government said Tuesday.

The lights went out across the Communist-run country on Friday after the collapse of the island’s largest power plant crippled the entire power grid.

“This morning, 70.89 percent of customers in Cuba have power,” the energy ministry said on X, formerly Twitter, adding that ...