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Cuba faces one of the worst days of its prolonged energy crisis this Thursday, with a projected deficit of 1,842 MW for the evening peak hours and an estimated impact of 1,872 MW during this time.
This translates to more than 62% of the national territory being without electricity at the same time.
The Electric Union (UNE) reported that at 06:00 hours this Thursday, the availability of the National Electro-Energetic System (SEN) was just 1,217 MW compared to a demand of 2,110 MW, with 1,023 MW already affected since early morning.
The Wednesday shift offered no relief. "Yesterday, the service was impacted due to a capacity deficit for 24 hours, and this impact has continued into the early hours of today. The peak impact from the generation capacity deficit yesterday was 1,671 MW at 8:20 PM."
Blackouts on the island have worsened in recent months due to the fuel shortage, particularly following the suspension of supply from Venezuela.
The ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged this Thursday, at an official event held at the corner of 23 and 12 in Vedado, Havana, that Cuba is absolutely lacking fuel for almost everything, in one of the most candid admissions he has made publicly about the collapse the country is experiencing.
The confession came during the commemorative speech for the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist nature of the Revolution and Militia Day, an event filled with slogans that sharply contrasted with the seriousness of what Díaz-Canel himself described.
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