Yesterday there was some kind of major fault at the largest power station on the island, putting at least two-thirds of the country into darkness. Today, reports indicate the power is still off for about half the island and the best indications are that it could be several more days before repairs are completed.
A blackout left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba on Wednesday in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid.
Government radio station Radio Rebelde quoted an energy official as saying that it could take at least 72 hours to restore operations at one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric power plants, where a shutdown sparked the outage…
Radio Rebelde quoted the plant’s technical director Román Pérez Castañeda as saying that crews must first locate the fault before repairing it and restarting the unit.
Pérez Castañeda said that a pipe burst in the boiler, causing a water leak and subsequent fire that was extinguished without major damage, according to Radio Rebelde.
It sort of sounds like they haven’t even found the problem yet, which is why it could take another three days to get the power back online. Today, Trump repeated his earlier suggestion that Cuba is a failed state and said that Cuba wanted US help.
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump announces “CUBA’S going to fall, too!” amid Venezuela and Iran operations
“They need help. We are talking to Cuba,” Trump told POLITICO
Trump previously confirmed Sec. MARCO RUBIO is dealing with Cuba at a “very high level” and there could be a… pic.twitter.com/bpVfSmDS4i
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 5, 2026
That was earlier today. This afternoon, Trump met with Inter Miami CF, the 2025 major league soccer champions, at the White House. Once again, Cuba came up.
🇺🇸🇨🇺 | URGENTE — Trump le dice a @Jorge__Mas, dueño del Inter Miami e hijo del héroe cubano Jorge Mas Canosa, que pronto podrán regresar a Cuba.
“Quería esperar un par de semanas, pero sospecho que pronto estaremos juntos nuevamente, celebrando lo que está sucediendo en Cuba”. pic.twitter.com/AUyvlKXQ05
— Agustín Antonetti (@agusantonetti) March 5, 2026
His comment about a couple of weeks was apparently about waiting until the current military action in Iran is finished. He said it might be possible to do two things at once but suggested the results of rushing a deal might not be as good.
Trump hints that Cuba is next: “We could do them all at the same time, but bad things happen. If you watch countries over the years, you do them all too fast and bad things happen. We’re not going to let anything bad happen to this country.” pic.twitter.com/RvPT0bzt36
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) March 5, 2026
This is all a bit disjointed but the gist is that Trump thinks a deal with Cuba is imminent and will happen just as soon as he’s done dealing with Iran. That deal will certainly involve new leadership and a new direction for Cuba’s economy.
I hope he’s right about all of this obviously. There’s always a lot that can go wrong. But as Bill Maher said a few weeks ago, if Trump can pull this off he deserves that Nobel prize.
If Trump somehow gets Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran all to fall, he should get a Nobel Peace Prize. pic.twitter.com/FrJrjC1pML
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) January 28, 2026
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