Cubans have been facing a serious economic crisis marked by widespread food, fuel and medicine shortages, and the island's aging and often failing power system has made things worse.
Authorities said Saturday they were working to restore power, but acknowledged progress was slow.
Jorge Suarez, a 47-year-old lawyer, was having a beer at a Havana bar where a small generator was helping keep the place open.
“We just have to adapt and wait for the government... to resolve the problem.”
“It’s very difficult to work like this,“ she said.
Elsewhere people cooked meals using firewood due to the months-long gas shortage, while others gathered in homes or businesses with generators so they could charge their cell phones.
Ariel Mas Castellanos, an official with the power company in Havana, told local media that the equipment that failed “has been in service for many years and is getting old.”
“Several provinces have parallel circuits and generator units are starting to be synchronized” with the national grid, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on X.
“Thanks to God, we woke up with light... a blessing because I know that many provinces are still in the dark,“ she told AFP by phone.
“No elevator, no water, it’s awful. I feel cornered, very annoyed,“ said Ruben Borroto, 69, who has to walk up seven floors to his apartment in the capital.
“There is not a drop of water, and the food is starting to spoil,“ she said.
In February, authorities suspended all activity on the island for two days to avoid a widespread blackout.
“God help us, this country is going from bad to worse,“ 82-year-old Havana resident Xiomara Castellanos said Saturday.
Floating Turkish power barges and a series of generators shore up the national power system, but the US embargo in place since 1962 makes it difficult to import fuel.
The government is now rushing to install at least 55 solar parks this year - enough, it says, to supply 12 percent of national demand.
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