The Cuba electricity network failed on Friday evening, leaving millions of 10 million residents of the island nation in the dark.
The breakdown, which started around 8 p.m., affected most of the west of Cuba, including the capital of Havana.
Cuba has had trouble with current failures in recent months, including one nationally in December. Friday power failure was the fourth widespread over five months. Government representatives blame American economic sanctions for the current crisis, while others highlight aging infrastructure, fuel shortages and island's sensitivity to hurricanes.
Vicente of the O Levy, Minister of Energy and Mines of Cuba, said on Friday evening that the country progressed in the restoration of electricity. He did not give any reason for the accident of the electricity network outside to say that he began in the DiezMero sub-station, which then made the national electrical system fail.
Power was still early Saturday morning; The civil servants gave no estimate of the moment when it is restored.
CNN has shown images of Havana showing the city in darkness and pedestrians walking with pocket lamps.
In October, a power failure for the days forced some in Havana in the kitchen on improvised stoves on the street. The situation has also stimulated manifestations, a rarity in the communist nation. The demonstrators blocked the streets with lots of waste before the security forces disperse it.
At the time, O Levy rejected demonstrations as “isolated and minimum incidents”.
