Adriela Feito Hernández, a Cuban mother who documents her daily life on social media, published a new video on Facebook in which she expresses her accumulated exhaustion following yet another failed attempt to work on her pastry business, once again frustrated by the blackouts that suffocate the country.
The video is titled "There are days when you lose... even if you try everything. But you still try," and it depicts the failure he experienced that day in his small bakery business, an endeavor that relies heavily on a constant supply of electricity for ovens, mixers, and refrigeration.
In the comments, Adriela described her experience candidly: "It's incredible how, even when you put in all your effort, things don’t work out; there are aspects that no longer depend on you, and that affects you a lot."
The stress didn't remain emotional. "I spent the whole day with a bad headache from fatigue, I even felt sick to my stomach from the stress, unbelievable this life," she wrote.
His final reflection was particularly revealing: "I show my life as it is, the good days, the not-so-good ones, my mood swings as the human being I am. I would love to show prettier things, but lately, I've been experiencing things I never thought I would live."
Adriela often publicly documents the energy crisis. She recently published a video about her nearly one-hour struggle to light a charcoal burner while her husband was away.
Days later, he recorded his home in complete darkness to ironically respond to those who justify the blackouts: "Electricity is not necessary." This is how all my nights are. All, all my nights, all.
On June 6, it was shown how a blackout interrupted the cooking of red beans and her husband had to go out in the rain to look for charcoal, while she remarked, "Happiness here is never complete. The power is out."
The backdrop of these testimonies is devastating. According to data from the Electric Union, on June 9, Cuba recorded a capacity of just 1,020 MW against a demand of 2,610 MW, with 1,606 MW affected since 6:00 AM. By the evening peak, the estimated deficit reached 1,980 MW.
The regime, instead of taking responsibility for the structural collapse of the electrical system, continues to blame the crisis on the U.S. embargo.
The Minister of Energy, Vicente de la O Levy, has acknowledged power outages of over 22 hours daily in Havana, yet he avoids any self-criticism regarding decades of disinvestment and poor management.
The psychological impact of this situation is scientifically documented. A study published in Social Science & Medicine, based on 415 Cuban adults surveyed between July and November 2025, revealed that 55.4% suffer from extremely severe depression, 66% from severe anxiety, and 65.8% from extreme stress as a direct consequence of the blackouts.
What Adriela is experiencing is not an exception; it is the everyday reality of millions of Cubans trapped in a system that fails them every hour. "Given the path we are on, what hope remains?" she herself asked in one of her previous videos, with no response from the regime.
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