Livan Izquierdo Alonso, new first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the capital, he considered in his first words in office that “Havana cannot be a burden on the rest of the country.”
After the dismissal this Friday of Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, the new secretary in the capital of the only legal party of the Cuban regime echoed the generalized perception in the provinces of Cuba, whose inhabitants mostly point out the differences that exist between the living conditions of Havana residents and those of the rest of the Cubans. from the country.
“Havana cannot be a burden for the country. The capital has to bring a lot of joy to the country. And we are going to achieve it," said Izquierdo Alonso before the ruler Miguel Diaz-Canel, the organizational secretary of the PCC, Roberto Morales Ojeda, and the dismissed Torres Iríbar himself.
With a degree in Physical Culture and a master's degree in Business Management, Izquierdo Alonso (56 years old) is a member of the central committee of the PCC and a deputy to the National Assembly. He has 35 years of experience as a “political cadre” and has had responsibilities in the CDR and the Party.
After having held the high position for more than five years, Torres Iríbar was recognized for “his dedication and dedication to the work of the Party in Havana,” but he was released from his duties “due to renewal of his responsibility,” without giving more information. details.
“Today we have done an exercise consistent with the cadre policy. Both Luis, for the recognition of his results, and Iván also, for his promotion, must be congratulated and everything will be for the good of Havana and for the good of the country”Díaz-Canel concluded at the end of the plenary session of the PCC provincial committee in the capital.
Among the most repeated opinions of Cubans who criticize the "privileges" enjoyed by the capital's residents, and for which Havana could be considered "a burden for the rest of the country," are those related to the inequity of the distribution of hours of blackouts.
The perception that Havana residents are not affected by the same hours of power outage extends to all provinces, and has caused leaders and the official press to refer to this issue, alleging a supposed "need" to maintain functioning the country's economy.
At the end of January, the Electrical Union (UNE) acknowledged on his social networks the existence of greater effects on the electricity supply in Eastern Cuba due to the appearance of a new factor that affected the correct functioning of the national electroenergy system (SEN): "high transfers".
The information generated an intense response in the comments. “There is an obvious violation of the letter of our Constitution, because we are not equal. It would still be good if they put a chapter in the Magna Carta that says: first the capital and, whatever is left, for the others. And that the part that says we are all equal be repealed,” protested a user.
“Geographical doom… What audacity!”; “Every day is the same for God's sake. And of course, of course, all the problems in the center and east. What a coincidence!"; “As always, the same provinces as always pay the price. Truly, the UNE no longer has any shame in turning off the same people as always, for pretexts that not even they themselves believe," the Internet users protested.
At the end of February 2023, the Cuban regime moved a “mobile generation” unit to eastern Cuba to alleviate the acute electro-energy crisis caused by four massive blackouts in less than 10 days, which left the provinces from Cienfuegos to Guantánamo in the dark.
According to the director of the UNE, Alfredo Lopez Valdes, the displacement of a mobile generation unit to the east of the country will serve to balance a system in which “there is a high concentration of generation in the western half and, therefore, a high transfer from the western to the eastern zone”, a circumstance which would increase the chances of breakdowns.
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