Massive blackouts persist in Cuba despite claims that motivated the 17M protest

The Cuban regime affirms thatsynchronized the thermoelectric Guiteras de Matanzas and that a ship is unloading fuel in the port of Mariel, but the massive electricity outages persist in the country, despite the discomfort they generate andprotest demonstrations carried out the pastMarch 17 (17M).

“The entry of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant in Matanzas and the arrival of a fuel ship to Cuba are elements that will affect the national electrical system in the coming days,” reported last Saturday theNational Television News (NTV).

However, the Minister of Energy and Mines,Vicente de la O Levy, explained that this circumstance would imply a period of “relative stability” of approximately one week in April, and then return to the"complex energy scenario" that is lived on the Island.

“Current and food,” shouted the protesters who took to the streets of Santiago de Cuba, but everything seems to indicate that both demands will remain unsatisfied for the moment, while the “continuity” government of Miguel Díaz-Canel is dedicated to “correcting distortions and re-boosting the economy” in the work plans circulating through the Palace.

For this Tuesday, theElectrical Union of Cuba (UNE) announced in hissocial networks “a deficit of 1,039 MW, so if the expected conditions are maintainedan impact of 1,109 MW is forecast during peak hours”.

“They were left wanting”The Cuban leader was quick to say this MondayMiguel Diaz-Canel, considering the protests in Cuba liquidated. But millions of Cubans who woke up this Tuesday under the same torment of theblackouts, scarcity, inflation and the crude propaganda of a heartless regime capable of squeezing them to the core in order to remain in power.

Meanwhile, with this critical panorama in the background, protests in Cuba continue to sprout in small pockets despite the repression of a terrorist State that imprisons, beats and persecutes those who dare to express themselves freely against it.

This Monday, in the midst of another massive blackout, residents in the José Martí District took to the streets in the middle of a blackout, performing a conga whose chorus went“I get a hedgehog” and “Pinga pal president”.