On a day marked by prolonged blackouts across the country, dozens of Cubans are celebrating this Friday the aquatic Carnival of Caibarién, a traditional cultural event in that Villa Clara locality.
This show, which includes a parade of floating floats along the waterfront of Caibarién, takes place from midday on the coast of that Cuban municipality.
Congas, dances, and parades on land began the festivities, and then several floats, each representing a state entity, sailed in front of the seawall.
The celebration takes place on a day deemed an emergency due to power outages, which will be reported throughout the day, even in Havana.
The Electric Company of Havana reported this Friday about the need to increase blackouts in the capital to four hours due to a significant deficit in the electricity generation of the National Electric System (SEN).
The Electric Union had already announced a deficit of nearly 800 MW during peak hours for this Friday, with an impact of 350 MW during medium demand. On Thursday, the electricity service was interrupted from 7:13 PM to 1:19 AM, with a maximum impact of 786 MW at 8:30 PM.
The prolonged blackouts are a result of the serious energy crisis the country is experiencing, exacerbated by the recent shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant and the stoppage of five other units due to breakdowns, the entity specified.
The situation has been worsened by the inoperability of six units at the thermoelectric plants of Santa Cruz, Guiteras, Felton, and Rente, as well as the lack of fuel that has left 51 distributed generation plants out of service, representing an additional impact of 190 MW.
The Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant, the largest in the country, suffered an "inconvenience" with the oil control, which has forced the repair work to be extended to seven days, instead of the 24 hours initially planned.
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