The Cuban government denied on Thursday what it considered "false rumors" about the critical energy situation in Cuba, without specifying the content of the same, where they were published, or how they spread.
In an interview granted to the official journalist Arleen Rodríguez Derivet for the radio program Chapeando bajito, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, denied some "rumors" about the energy crisis, to which he did not make any specific reference.
The recording was shared on the social media of Canal Caribe, but the radio program is not published on Cubadebate at the time of writing this note, so it is unknown if during the interview they asked about a specific rumor and if the minister's response was broader than what was published by the Cuban Television program.
"Arleen, what I just read is totally false, categorically that is a lie," the minister categorically affirmed without the audience having the opportunity to know the content of "that" which De la O Levy read.
The minister stated that the Cuban government is "aware of the lack of electricity affecting the entire Cuban population and the long hours of outages," but attributed it to "the heavy maintenance workload we are undertaking."
Furthermore, he explained that when a large unit, like the one in Felton, is taken out of the national power system (SEN) for maintenance, "many hours of disruption accumulate."
"As it happened to us last year, also in the month of April, it was Guiteras' turn," De la O Levy said.
His statements remain in the history of "official denials", opening a new chapter in the communication strategy of the Cuban regime, dedicated to how to deny ghost information.
Beyond these bizarre statements, De la O Levy insisted that the current maintenance of the country's thermoelectric units will continue until June 30, a date from which the SEN will recover 700 MW.
"Immediately all that power is harnessed and it's a completely different summer than the days we are going through. And we focus on the summer. Why? Because it's the time when it's most needed. It's the time when the population consumes the most, it's the time when the people need to rest, because we could do it at any other time and it would have an effect...", the minister explained.
The recording broadcasted by Canal Caribe abruptly cut off at this point, and little else is known about the denial and explanations from a Minister of Energy and Mines who, with his words, gives a prosaic "continuity" to the metaphors that inspired José Lezama Lima in his poetry collection "Enemy Rumor."
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