20 minutes of power , now an extraordinary event in Havana

Residents in Havana, Cuba, are currently experiencing an extreme energy crisis where electrical service is limited to just 20 minutes at a time. This severe shortage has reduced power availability to such low levels that receiving brief intervals of electricity has become an extraordinary event for the local population.

The drastic rationing highlights the deepening severity of Cuba's ongoing infrastructural and economic challenges, which have severely strained the national power grid and severely disrupted daily life across the capital city.