Cubans at their limit due to blackouts: "N-th consecutive night without sleep"

The energy crisis in Cuba, marked by power outages of more than 14 hours daily, has pushed the patience of the population to its limit, causing a wave of protests on social media.

The Electric Union (UNE) published its daily impact report on Facebook this Tuesday, a post that many internet users used as a platform to tell some truths to the regime.

Ernesto Rodríguez López considered that the people are victims of an experiment: “For the umpteenth consecutive day, we will exceed 1,000 MW at night. Umpteenth consecutive night that we will not sleep as human beings need to.”

Similarly, María Elena Núñez expressed resignation: “I no longer comment, after all, I see that it’s in vain. It’s not worth it. We have to resign ourselves to continue dying little by little every day.”

For his part, Robert Muñoz was incisive in his comment: "The same never-ending story and the people suffering blackouts of more than 16 hours a day, the same report every day and no response of a solution, alternative, or improvement."

In addition, he asked: "Leaders, please there is a community that has been suffering from the same problem for over three years and you are doing nothing because the situation worsens every day. If you are not capable of providing a solution, step aside and let others do it."

User Alejo Ma pointed out what many others think as well: "In the green areas, we will spend the rest of our existence with more than 10 consecutive hours of blackout and only 3 hours with electrical service."

The internet user DiAne Guerra sparked the debate: “I don’t understand, if the highest demand is in the capital, why do we unfortunate ones in the east have to pay? It’s too much, three hours without power for 12 hours, my refrigerator has already gone bad, it’s a crime what they’re doing to us, and besides, the food has gone bad.”

However, Ernesto Gálvez pointed out the stark differences that exist between Havana and the rest of Cuba: "Here in Centro Habana, people don't even bother to see this report; there are people who don't even know that this daily report of terror and desperation exists. Here where I am in Centro Habana, it's as if it weren't Cuba: zero blackouts."

In addition, he said: "But soon I will be going to my city of Holguín to suffer once again from the horror that is experienced there and throughout Cuba, except in the capital."

Yamile Vega, mocking the regime's slogans, said: "How good! As we progress daily, we are continuity, but of the blackouts."

However, the government confirmed the great fear of many Cubans: blackouts will continue until the year 2025.

The Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de La O Levy, confirmed the worst fears of Cubans by answering "frequently asked questions" from the public about the situation of the national electric power system (SEN).

The Cuban regime has no short or medium-term solution to the collapse of the SEN. According to the Minister of Energy, the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel is making a "great financial effort" to import fuels, but also to purchase the parts and supplies necessary to fix the breakdowns of the country's obsolete thermoelectric plants, a "long-term" solution.

While the UNE tries to recover the generation potential of its old and dilapidated thermal plants, it will increase availability based on the integration of the new photovoltaic parks that it is beginning to install into the SEN.