A Cuban mother shared a video on Facebook recorded in complete darkness during a nighttime blackout in her home, where she ironically dismantles the argument that "electricity isn't necessary because there was no electricity before and people still lived."
The clip shows Adriela Feito Hernández surrounded by complete darkness as she describes her reality: "The electricity isn't needed. That's how all my nights are. You can see how dark everything is. Every, every one of my nights, all."
The woman explains that she heard that argument on the same day and decided to respond with three rhetorical questions: "Why do we use a lighter if we used to light fires with two stones? Why do you store food in a refrigerator if it used to be salted? Why spend so much money on clothes if we used to live almost naked?"
His conclusion was straightforward: "There are still people who want to cover the sun with a finger. And that’s not how it is."
The argument that Adriela refutes is neither new nor spontaneous. In January, the official journalist Arleen Rodríguez stated before the former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa that "José Martí did not know about electric light" to downplay the blackouts, a statement that is incorrect since Martí did write about electricity. Correa himself responded to her: "But Arleen, we are in the 21st century."
In September of last year, the pro-government journalist Bárbara Betancourt defended in the podcast "Chapeando bajito" that criticizing the government during power outages "is not fair," attributing the crisis to the embargo and outdated plants.
The Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, justifies the current blackouts by blaming the "rigid energy blockade" by the United States and the fact that no ships with fuel have arrived since December 2025, evading responsibility for the regime's role in the structural collapse of the system.
The crisis that Adriela is experiencing at home is backed by figures. On May 14, the Electric Union projected only 976 MW available against a demand of 3,150 MW, resulting in a deficit of 2,174 MW that left 70% of the Island without electricity simultaneously.
In Havana, the minister himself has acknowledged power outages of more than 22 hours a day.
Adriela's video is not an isolated case. In May, Aly Noriega, a Cuban mother with only three hours of electricity a day, also faced criticism from users who told her that "people used to live without electricity", and her response garnered significant support on social media. Both cases reflect a growing trend: Cuban women publicly responding to those who downplay a crisis that the regime has been unable to resolve for years.
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