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Pedestrians walk past a wall painting condemning the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba, in Havana, capital of Cuba, Sept. 22, 2025. (Photo by Joaquín Hernández/Xinhua) Pedestrians walk past a wall painting condemning the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba, in Havana, capital of Cuba, Sept. 22, 2025. (Photo by Joaquín Hernández/Xinhua)

HAVANA — Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed Wednesday, leaving the entire island without power, according to the state-run power company. “A total disconnection of the Electrical System, SEN, has occurred, which may be associated with an unexpected outage of the CTE Guiteras,” the Ministry of Energy and Mines wrote on X.

HAVANAHAVANA — Thousands of people led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel marched along Havana’s iconic boardwalk Thursday in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and demanding an end to the war between Israel and Hamas. Wearing a black ...

A total blackout has hit Cuba, marking the latest in a series of outages blamed on aging infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants.

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight returned 161 Cuban deportees to the communist-run island last week, the first time many of the men and women aboard had touched Cuban soil in years.

A Havana court has handed down a 15-year prison sentence to a Cuban national found guilty of trafficking cocaine and synthetic cannabinoids. The

Cuba’s foreign minister lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, calling him “a fraud” and “an international criminal,” in a personal attack that suggests the island’s government has given up on improving its strained relationship with the Trump administration amid heightened fears of a potential U.