The water crisis in Cuba is a problem that has been dragging on for many years and that the Castro government is unable to resolve. The obsolescence of the conduits and pumping equipment in the hydroelectric plants, as well as an old infrastructure and lack of maintenance, contribute to this issue.
For this reason, the videos showing Cubans chasing water trucks to obtain the vital liquid are more likely to evoke sadness and indignation than astonishment, as was the case with the clip shared by user Yanko Mesa on his account on the social network X, where he denounces the lack of water in a Cuban town that he did not specify, but which may represent the everyday reality of Cubans.
In the video, several neighbors can be seen walking with buckets behind a water truck, including an elderly person with difficulty moving, while the driver did not stop to provide the water.
"It is incredible that we are in 2024 and Cubans do not have water even to bathe and have to be running after carts" for the precious liquid, Yanko wrote to describe the video.
A few days ago, the Cuban regime acknowledged that more than 600,000 Cubans currently have no access to drinking water supply services, and the Institute of Hydraulic Resources blames the energy crisis affecting the country.
The government says it has launched a strategy to address this crisis, prioritizing areas with the largest affected populations, but the results are not evident in many territories.
The scarcity of resources and the lack of fuel hinder the distribution of water in tanker trucks to the most affected areas. A water truck can cost more than 8,000 pesos in Havana.
Recently, a turbine break in the Villa Clara municipality of Caibarién left the population in a state of extreme water scarcity. The solution from the Cuban government was to sell them five-liter gallons of water for 85 Cuban pesos, and additionally ration it through the misnamed supply booklet, due to the inability to supply them with trucks.
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