Ulysses Toirac on the eclipse: "Our current factories give us total eclipses"

The comedianUlises Toirac He did not want to waste the occurrence of a partial solar eclipse this Monday to comment on the situation in Cuba.

With his biting irony, Ulises stated that the natural phenomenon will bring a decrease in light to the Island, which already has very serious problems with its thermoelectric plants.

"Our current factories (or what's left) give us some total eclipses in each area that snore the carbine, with the handicap that not even sex can be had thanks to the heat and the affectionate sniffing mosquitoes that there are in this country," he said in hisFacebook.

Without forgetting his joking tone, the actor recalled that to watch the event you have to do so with eye protection and be careful, especially if you are at the top of a staircase or crossing the street.

"There are pleasures that, in addition to being able to leave you blind, can also make you brush what happened to you," he concluded.

This Monday, while the inhabitants of numerous cities around the world were preparing to enjoy an impressive event, Cubans received the news of thereturn to blackouts, after just three days of respite without electricity cuts.

Among the causes is theoutput from the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric system in Matanzas, the largest in the country, which will be out of operation until Wednesday to eliminate defects in the boiler.

Both events caused disgust and frustration among citizens, who cannot see a way out of an overwhelming and devastating reality in which they have been living for months.

"It's probably because of the eclipse," a Cuban said ironically on the Internet.

HeThis afternoon's solar eclipse could be seen throughout Cuba as a partial eclipse, with a total duration of two hours and 25 minutes, and the best planned place to observe it was Cabo de San Antonio, in Pinar del Río.