{
  "id": 69768,
  "title": "Cuba’s national electricity grid collapses on Sunday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/cubas-national-electricity-grid-collapses-on-sunday",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T02:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/cubas-national-electricity-grid-collapses-on-sunday/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cuba's national electricity grid collapsed on Sunday, according to the state-owned national electric utility. The collapse was announced on social media website X.\n\nThe incident is part of a series of power grid failures that have affected the island nation. Five of 15 provinces had no power due to a partial collapse of the electricity grid at 6.07 pm, as reported by Cuba's UNE.\n\nIn recent weeks, blackouts have lasted more than 30 hours in Havana and for several days in other parts of the country, which has a population of 11 million according to Free Malaysia Today, and 9.4 million according to the same source. Since the start of 2024, there have been 10 total power outages.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Five of Cuba’s 15 provinces without power as grid fails again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/five-of-cubas-15-provinces-without-power-as-grid-fails-again",
        "published": "2026-08-02T03:36:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Grid failure plunges Cuba into nationwide blackout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/grid-failure-plunges-cuba-into-nationwide-blackout",
        "published": "2026-08-03T04:35:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Cuba plunged into darkness again as power grid collapses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/cuba-plunged-into-darkness-again-as-power-grid-collapses",
        "published": "2026-08-03T05:43:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}