"Cuba suffered another national blackout on Monday, the sixth in just a year and a half, according to the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem). The agency stated on its X account a "total disconnection" of the country's electrical system and said it is investigating the causes of what happened. Footage shows the streets of Havana completely dark due to the power outage. Some people gather in the brighter areas of the Malecon, where car headlights partially illuminate the area. it comes amid the US energy blockade imposed by President Donald Trump, who warned in January about tariffs on any country that sold or supplied oil to the island. "It affects all Cubans, you understand? In every way because with a blackout you can't do anything, absolutely nothing. You have to sit on the Malecon, forget about the problems you have. Sit here and that's it," said a local musician. "This should have an end and a path where we can all have new opportunities because things are tough," he added. Meanwhile, Ana, a street vendor of soft drinks, reported that due to the blackout her sales have dropped by 99 percent, since she has no way to keep the drinks cold. "Now I have to leave [my job]. Look, my boss [told me] that now I have to leave a little earlier. We have to close earlier because of transport, security, because all that is dark down there, you understand? and it affects me too," she added. The Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, reported that the restoration of the National Electric System is progressing according to established protocols and affirmed that "microsystems are operating in the provinces and conditions are being created to deliver energy to the largest generating units." The Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, reported on Friday that the island had not received oil shipments in over three months and that it was operating with solar energy, natural gas, and thermoelectric plants, and acknowledged ongoing talks between Havana and Washington "