10 Million Cubans Suffer Nationwide Blackout - For The Second Time This Week (cnn.com)
(Saturday July 11, 2026 @11:52PM (EditorDavid)
from the power-to-the-people dept.)
- Reference: 0184418740
- News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/07/12/0327230/10-million-cubans-suffer-nationwide-blackout---for-the-second-time-this-week
- Source link: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/americas/cuba-blackout-electrical-grid-intl-latam
[1]The Associated Press reports :
> An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the [2]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...
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> 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..."
[1] https://apnews.com/article/cuba-blackout-power-outage-1a812d96a36c301cba6214767a87630f
[2] https://apnews.com/article/cuba-blackout-fuel-shortage-economic-crisis-a169e410e90e5cea6f9dd1dc859d6dd5
> An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the [2]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..."
[1] https://apnews.com/article/cuba-blackout-power-outage-1a812d96a36c301cba6214767a87630f
[2] https://apnews.com/article/cuba-blackout-fuel-shortage-economic-crisis-a169e410e90e5cea6f9dd1dc859d6dd5
Picking on Cuba (Score:2)
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.