{"id":182740,"date":"2026-03-08T02:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T02:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182740\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T02:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T02:32:07","slug":"protests-erupt-in-cuba-as-power-outages-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/182740\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests erupt in Cuba as power outages persist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0March 7, 2026 at 7:13 PM<\/p>\n<p>Protests erupt in Havana amid blackouts as Trump says Cuba nearing collapse <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Social media video shows protests breaking out in Havana as thousands of people across Cuba remain without electricity amid the island\u2019s energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Cuban government officials have blamed the conditions on what they describe as a U.S. fuel blockade affecting the island\u2019s ability to secure oil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has suggested Cuba\u2019s communist government could soon collapse. Speaking about the situation, Trump described the country\u2019s economy as weak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The president has also floated the idea of what he called a \u201cfriendly takeover\u201d of Cuba.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In Miami\u2019s Little Havana neighborhood, many Cuban Americans say they are concerned about relatives and friends on the island who are struggling through the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe people should be fed, should be nurtured, should be cared for, should be given every opportunity to thrive and prosper,\u201d one resident said. \u201cWhat\u2019s happening in Cuba is not right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump said Saturday in Doral that Cuba is in its \u201clast moments of life as it was,\u201d adding that the country will soon have what he called \u201cnew life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Byron Tollefson\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/b58c08f2-f400-4245-95df-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Byron Tollefson<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Byron Tollefson joined Local 10 News as a reporter in July 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 7, 2026 at 7:13 PM Protests erupt in Havana amid blackouts as Trump says Cuba nearing collapse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-182740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}