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The island of Cuba was hit with a massive blackout on Monday, leaving millions of people in the country without power, multiple outlets have reported.
The crushing energy grid collapse comes amid the Caribbean island regime’s increasingly pressured status under the weight of U.S. sanctions and a reportedly dwindling fuel supply.
According to Fox News, about 10 million people were left without power in Cuba in the wake of this massive blackout, and it’s hardly the first time the island has faced energy problems. The Guardian also reported that Cuba has now dealt with three nationwide power outages this year, citing the government energy agency.
The cause of this power grid failure is being investigated, the UNE – the Cuban government energy organization – said in a statement posted to social media.
Cuba’s situation has grown increasingly tenuous in the wake of the U.S. military operation in Venezuela in January, in which American forces arrested Nicolas Maduro and installed a new president, Delcy Rodriguez. Venezuela supplied most of Cuba’s oil in 2025, per Reuters.
That oil flow has slowed substantially since the U.S. essentially seized control of Venezuela’s oil reserves and stymied the country’s ability to do business with the Cuban regime.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ramped up pressure on the Cuban economy by applying stiff sanctions on multiple government-linked organizations, like GAESA, the Grupo de Administracíon Empresarial S.A.
“The situation in Cuba is devolving as the island’s corrupt, brutal and anti-American Communist regime continues to prioritize its own total control over the freedom, opportunity and basic wellbeing of the Cuban people,” Rubio said in a recent statement, discussing increasing sanctions.
The blackout on Monday appeared to be another unfortunate development in the difficult situation on the island.
“Millions of Cubans are once again left without electricity,” said Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Fla., on X.
He continued, “These widespread blackouts across Cuba are yet another consequence of the failed and corrupt Castro dictatorship. The Cuban people deserve far better than a regime that has squandered their country’s wealth and resources while denying them the most basic services.”
The Trump White House has repeatedly made noise about taking Cuba amid its increasingly weakening state.
“After many, many decades, it’s coming our way,” President Trump said of Cuba just last week, during remarks at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library.
As reported by RSBN, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visited Guantanamo Bay in Cuba last month, telling troops stationed there that the U.S. was ready for “any possible contingency” regarding the evolving situation with the Cuban regime.
