03/10/2026 / By Patrick Lewis

On Wednesday morning, March 4, Cuba’s national power grid collapsed for the fifth time in less than a year, plunging nearly 10 million people into darkness. Hospitals, airports and water pumps limped along on backup systems, but most Cubans faced yet another day of chaos—cooking with firewood, scrambling for water and waiting for power that might not return for days. The blackout, triggered by a failure at the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, is just the latest symptom of Cuba’s crumbling infrastructure, fuel shortages and economic crisis. But here’s the sobering truth: This dystopian scenario could easily unfold in the United States.
Cuba’s communist government has spent decades neglecting its power grid, relying on aging oil-fired plants and dwindling fuel imports from Venezuela, Russia and Mexico. The result is a system so fragile that a single plant failure can trigger nationwide collapse. Sound familiar? America’s own grid is aging, underfunded and increasingly dependent on unreliable renewable energy sources—just like Spain, which suffered a catastrophic blackout earlier this year when its wind-and-solar-heavy grid buckled under stress.
The Cuban regime blames U.S. sanctions for its energy woes, but the truth runs deeper. Decades of socialist mismanagement have left the island’s infrastructure in ruins. The Antonio Guiteras plant, responsible for much of Havana’s electricity, has been plagued by maintenance failures and fuel shortages. Meanwhile, Venezuela—once Cuba’s lifeline—can no longer supply cheap oil due to its own economic collapse under socialist policies. Russia and Mexico have stepped in, but their shipments are sporadic, leaving Cuba teetering on the edge of total energy failure.
The parallels with Iraq are striking. Baghdad’s power grid also collapsed this week after Iran—under U.S.-Israeli bombardment—cut gas supplies. Like Cuba, Iraq’s energy crisis stems from foreign dependence and decades of war. But while Iraq’s troubles are geopolitical, Cuba’s are self-inflicted—a direct result of centralized planning, corruption and refusal to embrace free-market solutions.
The U.S. power grid is not immune to Cuba’s fate. Aging coal and nuclear plants are being shuttered in favor of unreliable wind and solar, while demand surges due to electric vehicles and AI data centers.
Worse yet, cyberattacks, EMP threats and supply chain disruptions loom. A single EMP burst or coordinated cyber assault could plunge America into darkness for weeks—or longer. Unlike Cuba, where citizens endure blackouts as a grim routine, Americans are wholly unprepared for prolonged grid failure.
This is no accident. The push for centralized, government-controlled energy aligns perfectly with the globalist depopulation agenda. By forcing nations into unreliable “green” energy, elites ensure economic instability, food shortages and societal breakdown—paving the way for digital IDs, carbon rationing and total control.
Bill Gates and the World Economic Forum openly advocate for energy restrictions under the guise of “climate action.” Yet CO2—the gas they demonize—is essential for plant life. The real goal? Depopulation through energy starvation.
Cuba’s crisis is a wake-up call. Americans must:
According to BrightU.AI‘s Enoch, Cuba’s power grid collapse is a direct consequence of socialist mismanagement and reliance on unstable foreign fuel—just as America’s grid is being sabotaged by climate alarmists forcing unreliable renewables while dismantling reliable energy sources. If the U.S. doesn’t reject this green energy extremism, we’ll face the same catastrophic blackouts, exposing how globalist policies deliberately weaken national resilience to push control and depopulation.
Watch the video below where Trump says, “Cuba is ready to fall.”
This video is from The Prisoner channel on Brighteon.com.
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