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A woman identified as Evelyn Perera posted on Facebook a heartbreaking testimony about the electrical crisis that Cubans are experiencing, in which she describes four consecutive nights without sleep due to the heat, mosquitoes, and the cries of her children, who suffer with barely three hours of electricity a day.
"We have gone 4 consecutive nights without sleep, staring at the ceiling in the dark, suffocated, swatting mosquitoes, and watching our children cry from the heat. We only get 3 miserable hours of electricity in the morning," wrote Perera, whose message quickly spread across social media.
In her post, the Cuban woman describes the impossibility of completing basic household tasks within that tight timeframe: washing, scrubbing, cooking lunch and dinner, cleaning, and hanging out the laundry.
"Yesterday afternoon, I couldn't take it anymore. I went to take a bath from head to toe and, under the water, I completely broke down. I burst into tears with a sob that came from the deepest part of my chest. I cried out of anger, exhaustion, and sheer helplessness," she recounted.
Her crying, she says, was not just for herself: "I cried for me, for my children who are not to blame for being born here, for you and for yours. I cried for the elderly who are dying while alive, for the sick without medication, and for the thousands of lives this failed state has already claimed."
Perera's testimony goes beyond just denouncing the power outages; it touches on the social deterioration that the crisis has created.
"I feel a rage that burns my blood seeing how 90% adapted to this nonsense, how they bow their heads and justify the unjustifiable," he writes, also pointing out the violence among Cubans as a symptom of a fractured society.
Describe heart-wrenching scenes: "My heart breaks to see someone at the ATM withdrawing money for ten people, hoarding the cash, with no regard for the elderly woman who has been standing in line since dawn, her stomach empty, without even a decent breakfast, just to be able to withdraw a pension of 2,000 miserable pesos that won't even cover a carton of eggs."
One of the points of greatest outrage is that the regime continues to charge for electricity bills despite the poor service: "They are killing us while we are alive. And to make matters worse, after leaving us in the dark like animals, they come with a straight face to collect the electricity bill. It's an insult!"
Perera's testimony reflects an electric crisis that in June 2026 reaches historic levels: last Monday, the Electric Union reported a mere 1,035 MW availability against a demand of 3,000 MW, with an estimated impact of 1,980 MW during peak hours, which is equivalent to leaving nearly 65% of the country without electricity simultaneously.
The record deficit of the year was recorded on May 14, when only 976 MW were available against a demand of 3,150 MW, leaving 70% of the country without electricity at the same time.
This is not the first viral testimony to shake social media. In March, journalist Yirmara Torres Hernández described the blackouts as "psychological torture" after outages lasting 24, 26, and even 32 hours in Matanzas. In May, another Cuban recounted power cuts of 18 hours or more a day and their impact on heat, food, and family care. And earlier this month, a Cuban on the island exploded on social media after 25 hours without electricity.
The Cuban Energy Minister acknowledged in May a "particularly tense" crisis with a deficit exceeding 2,000 MW, while bills over 15,000 pesos in two consecutive months have been reported by citizens despite the instability of the service.
Perera concluded his statement with a demand that encapsulates the exhaustion of millions: "They have ruined Cuba, destroyed families, taken away our future and our peace. With the little power they provide, they should give it away and kneel down to apologize to this people."
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