"We don't have a government," was the conclusion reached by a Cuban internet user in the comments on the News Report published this Thursday by the Cuban Electric Union (UNE), forecasting yet another day of overwhelming blackouts.
After the first half of May, Cubans confirm with horror that the "coyuntura" of fuel and blackouts has morphed in the discourse of the ruler Miguel Diaz-Canel into "a highly complex situation in the energy issue."
Ratified a year ago (April 2023) for a second term until 2028 with 97.66% of the votes from the deputies of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), the ruler appointed by General Raúl Castro to succeed him in power accumulates merits as the most incapable in the history of Cuba.
In this scenario, UNE forecasts for this Thursday "an availability of 2,489 MW and a maximum demand of 3,400 MW, resulting in a deficit of 911 MW. Therefore, if the predicted conditions persist, an impact of 981 MW is expected during this period."
Just checking the comments on their social media posts is enough to see that UNE's forecasts and Díaz-Canel's promises mean the same thing to Cubans: an empty promise.
If the day before, the state company led by Alfredo López Valdés predicted an impact of 980 MW on its social media, this Thursday it admitted that "the maximum impact of the day was 1,393 MW at 8:40 pm, coinciding with peak hours."
More than 400 MW difference between forecast and reality, according to UNE's own data. The "joke" speaks for itself.
Díaz-Canel's strategy to recover the national power system (SEN) has failed much like the "economic and monetary reorganization" led by the ousted and imprisoned Minister of Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil Fernández.
It didn't manage to minimize the power outages before the end of 2022, nor did it carry out the investments and maintenance in 2023 that it promised to "achieve stability," nor will it be able to "change the country's energy matrix" because it barely has an energy matrix, or a country that can support its policies.
"The unit 6 of the Nuevitas Thermoelectric Plant is out of order," which - after 77 days of maintenance - synchronized with the National Electrical System to be back in operation in less than 24 hours. Regarding this issue, neither the authorities nor the official press have deemed it necessary to provide explanations, in a display of unparalleled paralysis, not to mention monumental shamelessness."
There is little else to say, except to agree with the internet user: "We don't have a government."