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A country that demands around 3,000 megawatts per hour but is only capable of producing 1,700 MW is one that can only partially guarantee this essential resource for its residents.
That country is Cuba, where the energy crisis that has lasted for years continues to impact its population under the leadership of the “continuity” figure, Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is responsible for the prolonged and widespread blackouts that Cubans endure daily.
A crisis of such magnitude would have taken a toll on the government of any democratic country, but the communist and totalitarian regime in Cuba maintains an energy insecurity policy without consequences and with complete impunity, invoking the "heroism" of the people.
This Sunday, the Cuban Electric Union (UNE) estimated "a capacity of 1,740 MW during peak hours and a maximum demand of 3,000 MW, resulting in a deficit of 1,260 MW. If the expected conditions persist, an impact of 1,330 MW is predicted during this time."
Despite the public outcry calling for a solution to years of suffering, neither Díaz-Canel, nor the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, nor the director of UNE, Alfredo López Valdés, have been removed from their positions due to their poor handling of the crisis.
Years of unfulfilled promises, lies, and concealment of the crisis, along with stale propaganda, have not cost any leader their position, while the lives of ordinary Cubans are being consumed, shackled and powerless, with no hope for change.
Díaz-Canel stated that "creative resistance cannot be just a slogan," thereby endorsing a new directive introduced at the IX Plenary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC).
Neither the "creative resistance," nor the "correction of distortions," nor the "projections": nothing can stop the hemorrhage of incompetence displayed by the government of "continuity," which is incapable of "reinvigorating the economy," generating electricity, or designing a process for national transition and dialogue that would pave the way for the necessary change in the socioeconomic and political model that the country demands.
In their deafening monologue of domination and power, the elites of the Cuban regime believe that the "Informative Notes" from the UNE are evidence of their "concerns" for the well-being of the population. This Sunday, the national electro-energy system (SEN) again has five thermoelectric units out of service and another five undergoing maintenance.
With a total of 10 thermoelectric units disconnected from the National Electric System (SEN), resulting in limitations on thermal generation of 234 MW, and 51 distributed generation plants out of service due to fuel shortages (an additional 359 MW), the Cuban energy system heads into mid-December showing signs of a critical year-end, with 2025 expected to be even worse than the year that is coming to an end.
Desperation is growing among Cubans, but so too are feelings of indignation, impotence, anger, and the desire for change, as patience wears thin, fear dissipates, and citizens are increasingly opening their eyes, horrified by the complete loss of equity and social justice, the proliferation of corruption, the rising inequality, and the abuses of an elite that is advancing its agenda to seize national wealth.
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