'Cuba is not Venezuela': Trump's takeover threat collides with 'disciplined revolutionary state'

President Trump has threatened to take over Cuba following a nationwide blackout caused by the collapse of the island's electric grid. Christopher Sabatini, a Latin America expert at Chatham House, argues the power failure reflects deeper structural economic problems rather than a simple infrastructure breakdown. Trump's takeover threat comes as Cuba faces mounting geopolitical pressure and domestic instability, creating a potential flashpoint in U.S.-Cuba relations. Sabatini's analysis suggests Cuba's centralized political system differs fundamentally from Venezuela's circumstances, though both face severe economic crises. The U.S. military option Trump has raised would represent an extraordinary escalation in hemispheric tensions and Cold War-era U.S.-Cuba dynamics.