10 Million Cubans Suffer Nationwide Blackout - For The Second Time This Week
5 114The Associated Press reports: An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10 million people grapples with a crumbling power grid and fuel shortages stemming from a U.S. energy blockade...
Authorities reported that they have already begun restoring power to some areas. On Monday, another massive blackout affected nearly 10 million people nationwide. Authorities reported during the week that service was gradually being restored from that outage.
"While total blackouts have become increasingly common in the Caribbean country, it's unusual for back-to-back ones to hit just days apart..."
5 comments
Picking on Cuba (Score: 5, Insightful)
by dskoll ( 99328 ) on Saturday July 11, 2026 @11:56PM (#66233864)
While I understand that Cuba is currently under the thumb of an oppressive communist dictatorship, it seems to me the USA is unnecessarily picking on it, seeing as it doesn't pick on equally despicable dictatorships (Saudi Arabia; China) that are just as bad as Cuba but more powerful.
I guess when Trump needs a distraction from Iran, he'll do a special military operation against Cuba.
Re:Picking on Cuba (Score: 5, Informative)
by NotEmmanuelGoldstein ( 6423622 ) on Sunday July 12, 2026 @03:35AM (#66234008)
That was never the point of US policy: The history of Iran and Cuba is ample evidence of that.
It was about making every tinpot dictator protect the US economy, not the Russian economy, usually at significant cost to the local people. That's precisely what caused the 'rogue' nations of Iran and Cuba.
Re:Picking on Cuba (Score: 5, Insightful)
by gtall ( 79522 ) on Sunday July 12, 2026 @07:33AM (#66234170)
"Trump has been taking out the vassal states (or allies) of China one by one."
Bullshit, la Presidenta has been taking out targets of opportunity because he thinks he will get political gain out of doing it. Venezuela was easy, they were looking the other way when their dictator got stolen. And la Presidenta left the dictator's regime in place to continue to terrorize its people. China will have no trouble funding the new government which is the same as the old government.
Iran is just sheer stupidity. All the experts said precisely what Iran would do and Iran did precisely that. Unfortunately for la Presidenta, he and his rodent, Hegseth, fired all the experts or at least the ones willing to give truthful advice. Now we have an even more virulent regime in Iran, but la Presidenta did unify its people. Before this, they wanted to see the regime's heads on pikes. Now they want to see his head on a pike.
And if that dumbass wanted to screw China, he'd screw Russia which is now getting into bed with China, N. Korea is just icing for the Great Putini. Now Putin has his bitch in the Oval Office, Israel is an outcast, and the U.S. economy is headed down the rat hole with the rest of la Presidenta's "businesses".
Re:Picking on Cuba (Score: 5, Interesting)
by Epeeist ( 2682 ) on Sunday July 12, 2026 @03:40AM (#66234016)
While I understand that Cuba is currently under the thumb of an oppressive communist dictatorship
How long (in decades) has the US had Cuba under sanctions? It is a hypothetical, but what do you think the country would have been like had those sanctions not existed?
The US strategy (Score: 5, Insightful)
by peterww ( 6558522 ) on Sunday July 12, 2026 @01:30AM (#66233938)
10 million people within spitting distance of America who now have a *renewed* reason for revenge. This administration is filled with geniuses.