{"id":7112,"date":"2026-03-24T01:25:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=7112"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:25:43","slug":"national-blackout-hits-cuba-for-second-time-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2026\/03\/24\/national-blackout-hits-cuba-for-second-time-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"National blackout hits Cuba for second time in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Times aren’t going great in Cuba! Over 10 million Cubans lost power over the weekend as the nation’s electrical grid completely collapsed for the second time in a week. Following the blackout, officials reported they were gradually recovering electricity whilst prioritising ‘vital’ centers such as hospitals and water systems. After about a day, around half of Havana had regained power. This marks the third major blackout this month due to the US fuel blockade which has completely severed any foreign oil imports. Because of Cuba’s ageing infrastructure, they are heavily reliant on fuel which is rarely stocked up, though a group of socialists arrived in Havana with solar panels, food kits, medicine, and other supplies, and another flotilla leaving Mexico should have arrived today, the 23rd of March. The national power shortages have led to discontent amongst much of the populace, which has seen the Communist Party headquarters in Mor\u00f3n set ablaze. With the political, economic, and now energy crises that have been running on and off for decades, is now the time for change in Cuba?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, the easy answer is no. Though President Trump has announced the fuel blockade to only end with the removal of the Cuban president, the same Cuban president has made statements that both countries are currently working together to solve their differences. In any case, removing the communist regime from Cuba would be extraordinary difficult, and there would assuredly be push back from most Americans who have been taught in history class how the Bay of Pigs invasion went. Cuba’s economic and political turmoil would likely be solved if they approached the United States as friends, not enemies. Mediation is their closest ally, and unless Cuba wishes to become a new North Korea, they will continue to rely on trade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the war in Ukraine, Russia was the primary ally of Cuba. Since then, Cuba’s been forced to rely on Venezuelan and Chinese imports, but both countries have had difficulty projecting power and resources into the Caribbean, and Venezuela herself has been overthrown and cornered away. Truthfully, Cuba is at the mercy of the United States, but there’s nothing necessarily holding them back from projecting the external pains back onto the people. In times of great international troubles, the hard-liners and radical political leaders will garner more support, especially if the U.S. resolves the issue of Cuba by violence. If Cuba is able to mediate with the U.S., however, and form solid relations, then the Monroe Doctrine may as well be law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

America’s recent actions have painted a much more realist lens than the liberals of the past. The blockade of Cuba is lawfully dubious at best, but there isn’t anyone to stop America from exerting her power in the Western Hemisphere. If the issue were to be brought to an international court, anyways, what do you think they would say? Cuba is a sovereign nation, so is the United States. The U.S. is violating free trade. Are we the bad guys? The Cuban exiles in Florida would certainly pledge their hate for the Cuban government, but what precedent do we set if we are unwilling to utilise the very structures we created to solve these problems between states?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cvg0l44yxrvo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Times aren’t going great in Cuba! Over 10 million Cubans lost power over the weekend as the nation’s electrical grid completely collapsed for the second time in a week. Following the blackout, officials reported they were gradually recovering electricity whilst prioritising ‘vital’ centers such as hospitals and water systems. After about a day, around half of Havana had regained power…. Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":7080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[181,80,25,125],"class_list":["post-7112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-blackouts","tag-cuba","tag-oil","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7115,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7112\/revisions\/7115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}