nortex97 said:
Cuba just had it's 6th nationwide blackout of the year.Quote:
Even the partial restoration of power seems to have collapsed again later in the day.Quote:
Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed again on Monday, state-run media reported, as the government was trying to reestablish the system following a country-wide blackout on Sunday night...
"Despite the progress made today, an oscillation triggered the collapse," said Lazaro Manuel Alonso, news director of Cuba's state-run television, in a post shared via social media.
The left routinely blames the U.S. for all of Cuba's problems. And while it's certainly true that the U.S. has a role in this year's blackouts, the fact that Cuba's energy grid hasn't been improved since the 1950s also has a lot to do with it.Quote:
While the implementation of Washington's energy pressure campaign and the sudden evaporation of Venezuelan oil subsidies in early 2026 have undeniably served as acute shocks, they did not create the crisis. They merely exposed a disaster years in the making.Quote:
Sec. Rubio spelled out the answer to these problems back in February. The answer is free people (who can vote for a different future) and free markets. Anything else is just doubling down on failure.Quote:
"It is important for the people of Cuba to have more freedom not just political freedom, but economic freedom," Rubio said. "That's what this regime has not been willing to give them, because they're afraid that if the people of Cuba can provide for themselves, they lose control of them."
Rubio declined to detail the US approach to the island.
"Obviously these things require space and time to do in the right way," he said. "Certainly their willingness to begin to make openings in this regard is one potential way forward."
Cuba has made some moves toward economic freedom, but only because it has no choice. Outside observers note that Cuba has done this before, only to claw back that freedom the moment the pressure is off.
Trump long ago suggested Cuba would be the focus of his attention once the situation in Iran was resolved. That still hasn't happened but it will happen eventually. Raul Castro should come up with a plan before it's too late.
But the DSA has informed us it will be different this time.