NBC Nightly News deserves a measure of credit for being the only Elitist Media broadcast network newscast to report on the Cuban regime’s proposed economic opening: a “Cubastroika”, if you will. However, the report is plagued with so many essential omissions that one wonders why NBC even bothered.
Watch the report in its entirety, as aired on NBC Nightly News on Monday, March 16th, 2026:
This weird NBC report on the proposed “Cubastroika’ is remarkable for its many omissions. Nowhere to be found within are the following words: Castro, communism, socialism, regime, protests, Communist Party, dictator, dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/4d9SSfDimx
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) March 17, 2026
HALLIE JACKSON: To Cuba, tonight, now descending into a blackout as conditions deteriorate. But in a rare and exclusive interview, one official says the country’s now hoping to open up more of a relationship with the U.S., even with some critics skeptical. Our George Solís has made his way to Havana, and has more.
GEORGE SOLÍS: Tonight, Cuba is in the dark. The entire electrical grid collapsing today as the country struggles with an energy crisis, leaving millions on the island without power. During this latest blackout, people have been spilling out to the streets here for hours. Fortunately, some cloud cover to keep them from this blistering heat.
It’s been three months since a drop of oil has reached the country. Highways are empty because there’s no gas. Women are delivering babies in dark hospitals with no electricity. Conditions are deteriorating. I sat down exclusively with Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Pérez Oliva Fraga, considered by many to be Cuba’s economic czar. His plan- to attract more foreign investors, including large companies from the United States.
OSCAR PEREZ OLIVA FRAGA (In Spanish): Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship…