Cuba Suffers Nationwide BLACKOUT Again

President Trump appears to be right again.

For the second time in less than a week, Cuba has suffered a nationwide blackout.

Officials in Cuba have revealed that the entire country’s National Electric System has been disconnected, sparking major protests among its citizens.

CBS News reported on the blackouts more in-depth:

Cuba on Saturday suffered its second nationwide power outage in less than a week, according to officials.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines said on X that another “total disconnection of the National Electric System has occurred. Protocols for restoration are already beginning to be implemented.”

The National Electric Union said the outage was caused by the shutdown of Unit No. 6 at a power plant in Nuevitas. It caused a domino effect to the rest of the country, the utility agency said on social media.

On Monday, officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout that affected some 11 million people. Humanitarian organizations began delivering aid to Cuba by air Friday, including solar panels, food and medicine. Saturday’s outage was the fourth major blackout in Cuba over the past four months.

Protests have been reported in Cuba in the past week as frustration grows over prolonged blackouts and worsening living conditions across the island, CBS Miami reported.

As its energy and economic crises deepen, the country is blaming the problems on a U.S. energy blockade after President Trump in January warned of tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to it.

Fires have also been reported during the blackout:

Two fires have been spotted in Havana, Cuba as the country faced a blackout for the second time in a week. The circumstances remain unclear at this time.

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Here was Cuba earlier in the week:

BREAKING: Cuba's electric grid has suffered a total collapse, leaving about 10 million people without power.

The collapse comes after the United States imposed an oil blockade.

Just last week, Cuban ​President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that the country had not received a shipment… pic.twitter.com/DKB2xRqRpT

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 16, 2026

The blackouts come shortly after President Trump hinted that the U.S. would take Cuba, per The New York Times:

President Trump raised the possibility of the United States “taking” Cuba on Monday, telling reporters at the White House, “I do believe I will be having the honor of taking Cuba.”

“Taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it. I think I can do anything I want with it,” he said. “They’re a very weakened nation right now.”

The president’s words came on the same day as Cuba experienced a nationwide blackout, amid diminishing fuel supplies. On Monday evening, Cuban officials had also planned to announce that the country’s Communist government would open itself to foreign investment, including from the United States, Cuba’s deputy prime minister, Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, told NBC News.

“Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies, also with Cubans residing in the United States and their descendants,” the deputy prime minister said in a clip of an interview posted by the network on Monday morning.

Watch Trump here:

Trump on Cuba:

I do believe I’ll have the honor of taking Cuba. That would be good. That’s a big honor.

I can free it or take it, I think I can do anything I want with it. pic.twitter.com/I0TpVCY73j

— Clash Report (@clashreport) March 16, 2026

What’s your take?