It happened this Sunday, Mother's Day in Cuba, in which The blackouts dampened the already low celebratory spirit of millions of children.
It was not just any official journalist, but the one in charge of covering the Guiteras thermoelectric plant in Matanzas and, by extension, the news related to the Electrical Union of Cuba (UNE) and the national electroenergy system.
It was about Jose Miguel Solís, a veteran in the old craft of “revolutionary journalism”, that which disguises data and realities with the same joy that “turns setbacks into victories”.
The reporter of Radio Rebelde in the Athens of Cuba he threw a dart at the socialist state company that runs Alfredo Lopez Valdes, of which so many epics have been its Homeric propagandist.
The day began with optimism for Solís. “The UNE confirms that during the early hours the service will not be affected. Good omen for Mother's Day," he indicated in his social networks.
However, something went wrong along the way and the UNE caused a blackout in Matanzas like a Trojan Horse.
Around 11 pm on Sunday the light returned and Solís's nerves began to tremble like Hector's hosts when Achilles lowered his catao. “11:02... the light came on. TIC Tac. We will see then.”
“Unfortunately, the forecasts were not fulfilled,” the official journalist concluded an hour later, once again plunged into darkness.
Your colleague Jesus Alvarez Lopez, who doesn't care what I say CyberCuba, also jumped with the Mother's Day blackouts. “It's not worth talking about blackouts or lighting because 'don't say anything that isn't more important than silence,'” he said in his social networks.
His phrase should serve as a reminder to Solís, to whom a follower left a comment (captured on Facebook by the user Edmundo Dantes Junior) with a quote from Mother's Day 2023: “In a year, things will improve or we will destroy our system, and believe me, the cost will be high. I still have hopes".
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