Cuba Loses Phone, Internet Connections for About 90 Minutes

A man checks his phone as telephone and internet connections were knocked out in a nationwide failure, in Havana, Cuba, on Feb. 12, 2021. Stringer/Reuters

HAVANA—Cuba’s telephone and internet connections were knocked out on Friday in a nationwide failure, though there was no general power outage, witnesses said.

All internet service and international communications crashed at around noon (1700 GMT), according to witnesses in Havana and three other provinces. International communications were restored after 90 minutes and the internet 10 minutes later.