While the people suffer countless power outages, the Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel had the audacity to assert that the country's electrical infrastructure is "strengthened" during his intervention at the Investment Forum of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), being held in Rome, Italy.
Despite addressing potential investors at an international event, Díaz-Canel overlooked the truth and said that "the country's electrical, industrial, productive, and hydraulic infrastructures are in a clear process of strengthening."
Statements that contrast with the reality of daily blackouts and the energy crisis affecting the population of the island.
While the ruler tries to present a positive context, reality reflects a critical situation, with impacts of more than 1,300 MW on electricity generation capacity and a system that has not been able to stabilize.
In fact, in September of this year, during an extraordinary plenary session of the Provincial Committee held in Sancti Spíritus, the president promised that before the end of the year his government would resolve the issues and restore "light to the population."
It is worth remembering that in May, in a supposed gesture of empathy, he stated that the blackouts of the last few days "have been terrible, up to 20 hours," during a visit to the tunero municipality of Amancio, in Las Tunas.
While lying to the world and the presidency's page on X publishes possible solutions, the truth is that just a few hours ago, the Cienfuegos thermoelectric plant went offline from the National Electroenergetic System (SEN), which further complicates the situation.
The disconnection of the National Electric System (SEN) from the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE) occurred in a "scheduled" manner at 10 PM on Monday, according to the Electric Union of Cuba.
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