Government closes schools, non-essential industry, sends workers home

Cuba was plunged into a nationwide blackout after the island's biggest power plant failed, the energy ministry said, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the economically devastated country.

Cuba saw a total grid failure that left around 10 million people without power after a major plant went offline. The Caribbean nation has been grappling with reduced fuel deliveries.

Cuba saw a total grid failure that left around 10 million people without power after a major plant went offline. The Caribbean nation has been grappling with reduced fuel deliveries.

Millions of people are left without power on the Caribbean island, paralysing an already struggling economy.

Cuba’s electrical grid went down Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, a day after a massive blackout,

Cuba was plunged into a nationwide blackout on Friday after the island's biggest power plant failed, the energy ministry said, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the economically devastated country. "The system was left without power nationwide" after the unexpected shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras power…