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Ulises Toirac describes the Cuban reality: "Mothers inventing in the kitchen and children unable to sleep."

With his special sensitivity, the humorist Ulises Toirac described the hardships that the Cuban family currently faces.

El humorista Ulises Toirac reflexiona sobre la realidad cubana. © Collage Facebook / Ulises Toirac y Saúl Manuel
The comedian Ulises Toirac reflects on the Cuban reality.Photo © Collage Facebook / Ulises Toirac and Saúl Manuel

Comedian Ulises Toirac, who recently warned about the extreme current situation that could lead to a social explosion in the country, described this Tuesday the sad reality that Cuban families face daily.

“Mothers inventing in the stoves, children who couldn't rest because of the heat and mosquitoes, elderly people hanging their socks behind the windows, washed by hand and without soap," was the harsh Cuban reality described by the popular comedian in a Facebook post.

Facebook screenshot / Ulises Toirac

According to Toirac, the long walks, the constant power outages, and the high temperatures currently being reported by Cuban meteorological stations, have "taken away the desire to do what can be done without electricity," portraying the daily life of many people who face, in addition to these, the problems of scarcity, inflation, and difficult access to food.

The comedian said that lying at the entrance of his house, he couldn't stop thinking about the sad reality of Cubans.

In this sense, he reflected on how the sun is relentless for those who, inevitably, must walk along the streets punished by the heat, due to the lack of an efficient public transportation system.

While enjoying the breeze, Toirac pointed out that he does not give up on making plans no matter how adverse the current Cuban situation may be.

However, in his thoughts, the images of the thousands of people who suffer the distress of blackouts invaded him, and they cannot, for various reasons, even enjoy a sea breeze.

"And it's then that the millions of homes where it doesn't reach come to mind, and I think about packaging it, putting it into boxes, maybe bundling 22 billion tubes and getting it to everyone," he said.

Cubans, tired of so many blackouts, are forced to seek extreme solutions to face the sad reality that affects them.

Recently, a Cuban was caught at dawn while still sleeping, after spending the night on a rooftop on what appears to be a mat and covered by a mosquito net.

It is a clever initiative to be able to sleep in the midst of the constant and unbearable blackouts that afflict the population across the island.

Facebook screenshot / Saúl Manuel

"This is how dawn breaks in Cuba," expressed user Saúl Manuel on his Facebook account.

The sad reality seems to have no end when the report from the Electrical Union (UNE) revealed that the crisis remains above 1,000 MW of damages as of this Wednesday.

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