Protests have broken out in parts of Havana, Cuba, after residents endured more than 60 hours without electricity following a major nationwide blackout.
The outage began around March 4, 2026, after a failure at the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant, one of the country’s main power facilities. The incident left millions without electricity, affecting Havana and several western and central regions of the island.
By the night of March 6–7, frustrated residents in neighborhoods including Jesús María in Habana Vieja and parts of Matanzas began staging cacerolazos, banging pots and pans from homes and streets in protest of the prolonged outages, shortages, and worsening living conditions.
Some protesters were also heard chanting calls for “freedom” as anger over the blackout spread.
