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

HAVANA—The Cuban regime on Saturday said that some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and 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, as compared to 3 gigawatts that are normally generated. He posted on X that “several substations in the west now have electricity.” O Levy also said two thermoelectric power plants are back and two more will resume their operations “in the next few hours.” About half of Cuba was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening, followed by the entire island on Friday morning after one of the plants failed....