Cuba suffered an electrical collapse with a nearly 2,000 megawatt deficit, leaving more than 60 percent of the country in darkness and causing blackouts throughout the day, according to posts by MagJorgeCastro on X during the three-hour period from 5:17 PM to 8:17 PM UTC on January 26, 2026. Some towns reported more than 40 hours without electricity, while radio and television signals failed in several provinces and were turned off in certain municipalities, as stated in the X posts by MagJorgeCastro. The posts described the situation as the system collapsing with no real solution in the short term, highlighting ongoing deficits and widespread outages across the country.
