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Restoration efforts were underway by late evening, with the country's energy ministry citing fuel shortages and US restrictions as contributing factors.","category":"Politics","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-19T22:45:59.950Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-19T21:22:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-21T00:30:31.798Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":59,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to Cuba's energy ministry; multiple independent outlets corroborated the event.","critic":"Reports include quotes from affected individuals and mention of ongoing issues, but lack detail on next steps.","hype":"Headlines use strong language like 'plunges back into the dark' and 'complete darkness'."}},"tags":["#Cuba","#PowerOutage","#EnergyCrisis","#USRestrictions"],"entities":["Cuba","UPI","Taipei Times","The Independent","The Independent (US)","Yle","France24"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Cuba's entire electricity grid disconnected on Friday, causing a nationwide power outage.","Millions of people were left without electricity.","This marks the seventh such outage for the country this year.","The energy ministry cited fuel shortages and US restrictions as reasons for the strain on the grid."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Cuba experienced its seventh nationwide power outage of the year on Friday. The country's entire electricity grid suffered a total disconnection, leaving millions of people without power. By late evening, power was being restored to some priority areas, according to Cuba's energy ministry. The ministry stated that fuel shortages and US restrictions are straining the nation's electricity grid."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on restoration timeline"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While Cuba's energy ministry stated that power was being restored to some priority areas by late evening on Friday, UPI reported that power was slowly being restored on Saturday."},{"type":"heading","text":"What was left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated or centre-rated digests mentioned the specific detail that just five percent of residents in Havana had power on Friday evening, as reported by Taipei Times. 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