Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed late on Friday, the country's Energy and Mines ministry said, leading to widespread blackouts in the capital Havana and across the Caribbean island nation. Energy ministry officials said an electrical substation in Havana failed around 8:15 p.

Cuba's national electrical grid has collapsed, the country's Energy and Mines ministry said, after a substation failed. Blackouts spread across a large swath of western Cuba, including the capital, Havana on Friday.

The electrical grid in Cuba is old and in need of significant modernization. Many of the power plants and transmission lines are outdated and prone to failure, especially under hi