A mat placed on a cart, covered by a mosquito net and outdoors, represents the form of "creative resistance" that some Cubans are currently using to make the blackouts affecting the population more bearable.
The heartbreaking scene was shared on Facebook this Tuesday by a user identified as Saúl Manuel, who accompanied the image with a brief message reflecting the anguish experienced by residents of the island after several years of blackouts: "This is how mornings are in Cuba."
Although the person sharing the image does not provide details on where the photo was taken, the scene could be located anywhere in Cuba, as power outages impact all provinces and cities.
In the comments section, users of the social network unanimously described the situation of nighttime blackouts affecting Cubans as "criminal," as these outages hinder everyday activities such as going to school or work.
"This is the revolution that the dictator Fidel Castro promised," stated Julio Alberto Arias Tejeda.
"What a miserable life we live from dawn to dusk; how long will this suffering last?" lamented Isabel Sarduis.
A person named Eizabeth De León Fuentes commented, “For many, that doesn’t hurt; they laugh at the needs, but what hurts them the most is that Cuba wakes up like this.”
“That’s what I call resisting with creativity,” said Fraciela Hernández Córdova.
In May, another Cuban was spotted at dawn while still asleep, having spent the night on a rooftop lying on what appears to be a mat and covered by a mosquito net.
It is a clever initiative to facilitate sleep amid the constant and unbearable blackouts that plague the population across the Island.
Recently, comedian Ulises Toirac described on Facebook the reality faced by Cubans: “Mothers improvising at the stoves, children who couldn't rest because of the heat and mosquitoes, elderly people hanging their stockings by the windows, washed by hand and without soap.”
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