In the midst of the tense economic situation facing the east of the island, the governor of Santiago de Cuba, Manuel Falcón, called on the population to "not despair" over the lack of liquefied gas, an essential resource for many families who do not have anything to cook with amid the endless blackouts.
"There's no need to panic, we know there isn't anything to cook with, we have been considering several alternatives. There will be continuity in the delivery of liquefied gas at the points until we supply the 271,000 customers that the province has," he affirmed.
These statements have sparked outrage in various sectors of the population, which believe that the daily difficulties, exacerbated by government policies, are already unbearable.
"Manuel Falcón, governor of Santiago de #Cuba, asks residents not to despair over liquefied gas. As if life on the island, due to the dictatorship he represents, were not a daily tragedy difficult to bear for Cubans," expressed X user Rolando Nápoles.
The situation is particularly complicated in the eastern region of Cuba, where Hurricane Oscar left severe flooding and destruction in the municipalities of San Antonio del Sur and Imías, in the province of Guantánamo.
During a visit by President Miguel Díaz-Canel to the area, a man responsible for 29 children in a special school reported that the government had taken them to the location and then abandoned them just before the cyclone made landfall on October 20.
Despite Díaz-Canel's attempt to justify the lack of support by stating that "no Cuban has been abandoned," residents of the affected area expressed their dissatisfaction with the lack of resources and the delay in the government's response.
Also since Friday, several mass blackouts have occurred, leaving a large part of the population without power for more than 72 hours.
In that context, cooking becomes difficult for families in a country that years ago changed food preparation to an energy matrix through the distribution of electric pots.
In recent days, the lines to buy gas and charcoal have been endless in Santiago de Cuba.
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