The Cuban actor Rigoberto Ferrera launched a fierce criticism of the government after hearing the latest official proposal to address the electricity crisis: generating energy from biomass.
In a video posted on her Instagram account, Ferrera reacted with irony and anger to the idea of generating electricity from organic waste, linking it directly to the rhetoric of power.
"The useful energy produced from the combustion of biomass is the new solution to the energy crisis in Cuba," he asserted sarcastically.
"Do you know what biomass is? Animal dung. With the amount of crap that was talked about in that speech, Cuba could have had electricity for 10 years. They don’t know how to make use of resources," he declared sharply.
The post generated a wave of reactions and comments. Among them was the singer Leoni Torres, who wrote: "With all the crap they talked, they give energy to the entire country for 10 years."
Ferrera's words resonated with a widespread sentiment among the population: indignation towards a power structure that, amidst endless blackouts, offers solutions that sound more like propaganda than real solutions.
The economic crisis has impacted all aspects of daily life—food, transportation, basic services—and electricity has become an intermittent luxury.
Instead of taking responsibility and providing concrete answers, the government insists on narratives that seem increasingly disconnected from the reality experienced by Cubans.
The actor's response to the leader's empty speech
The actor's reaction comes after the leader Miguel Díaz-Canel publicly presented the idea of producing energy from "waste" converted into biogas, as part of a supposed strategy to achieve energy sovereignty.
During a conference with journalists from official media and correspondents from allied platforms, Díaz-Canel asserted that Cuba can generate electricity using biomass, meaning organic waste that, when transformed into biogas, could be used for cooking, lighting homes, and even powering electric generators.
"Biogas, transforming waste into energy," the president explained, asserting that with biogas plants, it would be possible to create "gas generators" capable of producing electricity.
The announcement comes amid a deep electricity crisis.
Díaz-Canel himself admitted that the country has been unable to use a significant portion of its distributed generation for weeks due to a lack of fuel. He stated that there are more than 1,300 megawatts installed in that system, but they are inactive because of the absence of diesel and fuel oil.
He also acknowledged that the deficit during peak hours has ranged between 1,600 and 2,000 megawatts, resulting in widespread and prolonged blackouts across the country.
The leader once again blamed external pressures and sanctions for the lack of fuel, while prioritizing supply to productive sectors during the day at the expense of greater cuts in households, even in Havana.
The biogas proposal was presented as an "opportunity" to reduce energy dependence. It comes at a time when Cuban cities are overwhelmed with garbage, communal services are collapsing, and the accumulation of waste has become a visible public health issue.
In that context, the idea of generating "light from waste" has been perceived by many as yet another discourse disconnected from the real urgency: people need electricity now, not futuristic promises while garbage piles up and blackouts continue to dominate daily life.
Rigoberto Ferrera's bitter mockery targets not just a phrase, but a model that, with its inefficiency and lack of practical responses, has led Cuba to a critical situation.
In a country where the economic crisis permeates everything, electricity is no longer just a service: it is a symbol of collapse.
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