Maria Elvira Salazar

Salazar notes the island is "in darkness... no electricity." She also highlights her representation of the "Cuban exile community in Miami." MasTec (MAS) is a major infrastructure and energy engineering firm headquartered in Coral Gables (Miami). It was founded by Jorge Mas Canosa, a legendary figure in the Cuban exile community. If the regime falls and the US aids in rebuilding the grid, MasTec is politically and geographically positioned to win the reconstruction contracts. A "pick and shovel" play on the physical reconstruction of Cuba's failed power grid. Regime survival means no contracts; US aid might be distributed to other general contractors.

"There's no fuel. There's no gas." New Fortress Energy (NFE) specializes in building LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminals and power infrastructure in the Caribbean and Latin America to solve immediate energy shortages. If the US intervenes with aid, emergency power generation and LNG imports will be the first step to stabilizing the island. NFE is the logical provider for rapid-deployment energy infrastructure in the region. Payment risk is high without US government backing/guarantees.