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The intellectual and essayist Alina Bárbara López Hernández described the harsh living conditions faced by Cubans after several consecutive days without electricity and with severe shortages of basic services as "worse than the hell of Dante Alighieri."
In a post shared on Facebook, the historian also stated that in the Armando Mestre neighborhood, where she resides, residents have been without electricity for four consecutive days.
According to the report, the situation also includes a shortage of water, communication problems, and difficulties in cooking food.
"The hell described by Dante in The Divine Comedy; a five-star hotel next to our lives," he expressed.
"We have gone four consecutive days without electricity, almost without water, without landline service, with no way to cook except for the extremely expensive charcoal and firewood, with food unrefrigerated, suffering from hunger and desperation; with no information about how long this hell will last," he wrote.
López Hernández stated that the situation described would not be exclusive to his neighborhood, but could be occurring in much of the country. "This is how life unfolds in the Armando Mestre neighborhood of Matanzas, where I live, and I imagine it is similar in much of Cuba," he added.
The post generated numerous reactions on social media, where hundreds of users commented and shared the message denouncing the difficulties they face daily due to blackouts and the economic crisis on the island.
Friday night was marked by intense protests in several cities across the island, with a desperate group of Cuban women declaring that they can no longer endure the situation. Since last Tuesday, a massive blackout has been affecting the island, adding to the lack of drinking water, food shortages, and widespread crisis.
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