{"id":633739,"date":"2026-07-11T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=633739"},"modified":"2026-07-11T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T12:45:00","slug":"cuba-plunges-into-second-island-wide-blackout-as-communist-system-unravels-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=633739","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Cuba suffered its second nationwide blackout in a matter of days late Friday, another sign that the communist-controlled island is sliding deeper into economic collapse amid tightening US sanctions and renewed pressure from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Havana blames US &#8220;gunboat diplomacy&#8221; and the financial sanctions for its economic demise, but the roots of the crisis are decades of communist rule, chronic underinvestment, widespread economic mismanagement and a crumbling power grid.<\/p>\n<p>Yet America&#8217;s Democratic Party is increasingly embracing socialism and communist ideology, a deeply misguided political messaging campaign at a time when Cuba is offering a real-world case study in how such systems repeatedly fail, leaving economic ruin, institutional decay and human suffering in their aftermath.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/HM7KZUuW0AAxg4n.jpg?itok=3QStqvOh\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/HM7KZUuW0AAxg4n.jpg?itok=3QStqvOh\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"a2c730f5-2e08-4a74-a2e6-bbb623db4c76\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"262\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/HM7KZUuW0AAxg4n.jpg?itok=3QStqvOh\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest islandwide blackout came as four US lawmakers urged the Trump administration to sanction Cuba&#8217;s state-run overseas medical-services operator, arguing it exploits healthcare workers and generates revenue for the communist regime.<\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve described, the Feds are in the process of dismantling the command and control structure of a Cuba\/China foreign subversion network with alleged links to left-wing NGOs and Democratic Party socialists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/leaked-memo-shows-pro-cuba-ngo-network-preparing-target-ice-us-bases-federal-buildings\">Leaked Memo Shows &#8216;Pro-Cuba&#8217; NGO Network Preparing To Target ICE, US Bases, Federal Buildings<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/no-longer-tolerate-radical-marxist-rubio-sanctions-revolutionary-cuban-influence-network\">&#8220;No Longer Tolerate Radical Marxists&#8221;: Rubio Sanctions Revolutionary Cuban Influence Network Tied To U.S. Left-Wing NGOs<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/feds-nab-alleged-member-sprawling-cuban-communist-subversion-network-linked-hasan-pikers\">Feds Nab Alleged Member Of &#8220;Sprawling&#8221; Cuban Communist Subversion Network Linked To Hasan Piker&#8217;s Havana Trip<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/doj-grand-jury-probes-neville-roy-singhams-marxist-ngo-empire-report\"><em>DOJ Grand Jury Probes Neville Roy Singham&#8217;s Marxist NGO Empire: Report<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even top Democrats are calling for investigations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/bill-clinton-insider-warns-socialist-takeover-calls-probe-possible-dsa-foreign-ties\">Bill Clinton Insider Warns Of Socialist Takeover, Calls For Probe Into Possible DSA Foreign Ties<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back to the blackout. Just before the first nationwide outage earlier this week, Ra\u00fal Castro&#8217;s grandson, Ra\u00fal Guillermo Rodr\u00edguez Castro, told USA Today that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/i-can-negotiate-castros-grandson-says-hes-ready-discuss-cubas-future-president-trump\">prepared to negotiate with President Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The timing is notable. The Trump administration is intensifying pressure on Havana as Cuba&#8217;s communist regime continues to implode, and at some point, will eventually force the regime toward market reforms and a greater role for capitalism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sat, 07\/11\/2026 &#8211; 08:45<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/HM7KZUuW0AAxg4n.jpg?itok=3QStqvOh\" title=\"Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels Cuba suffered its second nationwide blackout in a matter of days late Friday, another sign that the communist-controlled island is sliding deeper into economic collapse amid tightening US sanctions and renewed pressure from the Trump administration. Havana blames US &#8220;gunboat diplomacy&#8221; and the financial sanctions&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=633739\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":633727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=633739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/633727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=633739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=633739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=633739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}