Cuba’s electrical grid is collapsing. Yet instead of stabilizing the island, the communist regime is expanding military cooperation with Iran and Russia just 90 miles from the United States. That should alarm Washington far more than Havana’s blackouts.
In mid-May, Cuba’s energy crisis reached a breaking point. Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O Levy admitted the regime had effectively exhausted its diesel and fuel oil reserves. Blackouts now last up to 22 hours per day in parts of the island. Russian fuel deliveries have slowed, while Venezuelan support largely disappeared following former dictator Nicolas Maduro’s downfall. Cuba’s grid is surviving on limited domestic crude, natural gas, and renewables. Daily energy deficits now exceed 1,100 megawatts.
