Cuba Power Outage
A bread vendor holds a cell phone up to his ear during irregular connectivity due to a blackout in Havana, Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are calling for new people in charge of Cuba as the socialist island experiences its third nationwide blackout in four months. Trump said Tuesday that Cuba “is in very bad shape” and that “we’ll be doing something with Cuba very soon.” Rubio, who is of Cuban heritage, said the current government is incapable to addressing Cuba's economic problems. The island's government blames its woes on a U.S. energy blockade after Trump in January warned of tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to Cuba. The country's aging grid has drastically eroded in recent years, leading to daily outages.
