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The ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, proposed this Sunday to the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) the creation of an international energy and electricity mission to rescue Cuba – and its dictatorship – which is going through one of the worst energy crises in its recent history due to constant breakdowns in its thermal plants and a lack of fuel.
According to the agency EFE, Maduro announced the initiative during the XXV Summit of the bloc, broadcasted by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión, where he stated that he had communicated to the member countries the proposal to create an “International Mission of Energy and Electricity Special Support for the People of Cuba,” inspired —he said— by the old Miracle Mission.
The Venezuelan leader assured that the aim would be to support the island "extraordinarily" in its struggle "against the blockade and the impact on all energy and electricity issues," without providing specific details about the type of assistance or the resources involved.
The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, immediately endorsed the proposal and described it on X as a manifestation of “solidarity and cooperation among brotherly nations,” highlighting the role of ALBA as a mechanism of resistance against the United States.
Cuba is experiencing power outages of up to 20 hours a day in various regions of the country due to the obsolescence of its generating plants, the shortage of foreign currency, and a lack of maintenance.
According to EFE, independent specialists attribute the crisis to poor state management and decades of structural underinvestment in the national electrical system, which has been entirely controlled by the Government since 1959.
The regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel, for its part, blames the U.S. sanctions and Washington's “energy blockade,” while protests over blackouts and food shortages are multiplying in several provinces.
Maduro's proposal aims to strengthen the political and economic alliance between Caracas and Havana at a time when both governments are facing internal and external pressures, seeking to demonstrate regional cohesion in the face of what they consider an "imperial threat."
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