Cuba suffers third nationwide blackout in two months

Cash-strapped Cuba was plunged into darkness on Wednesday for the third time in two months after the power grid failed. 

The blackout dealt another blow to the communist-run island, which is reeling from the effects of two hurricanes, repeated power outages and a severe economic crisis.

At 2:08 am, "the electrical system... was disconnected when the Antonio Guiteras thermal power plant went out," the energy and mines ministry wrote on its X account.