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Camagüey has been without digital television signal for more than four days, and no authority or official media has provided any explanation, according to complaints from residents on social media.
User Yurisdan Paneque was one of the first to voice a direct question: "Why have we been without television signal in Camagüey for more than three days and no one is saying anything?"
Paneque pointed directly at the three provincial media outlets—Cadena Agramonte, the newspaper Adelante, and Televisión Camagüey—and held them responsible for their silence.
"No media outlet in Camagüey is reliable; none reflect the reality of the province or keep up with current events. If you look at their Facebook pages, all you'll find is empty and outdated information—nothing that interests the people."
Other residents joined in the complaints. Alexis Olano asked on Facebook: "Good morning, I would like to know what is happening with the digital TV in Camagüey that has been without signal for several days."
Leidis Marian Manso, in the group Revolico Camagüey, was even more direct: "Is there anyone with a TV signal in Camagüey? Will they let us watch the World Cup?"
The lack of signal coincides exactly with the start of the 2026 World Cup, which kicked off on June 11 with the opening ceremony at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
The journalist José L. Tan Estrada confirmed this Thursday that Camagüey has been “without television signal and without official explanations for more than four days.”
"Alongside the prolonged blackouts, another issue that is affecting thousands of families has now emerged: the complete absence of television signal, both analog and digital, since Monday afternoon. In many areas of the province, even with electricity provided by solar panels or batteries, it has become impossible to access television programming," it was reported.
The irony is that, even with a signal, the people of Camagüey would have had little to engage with. Tele Rebelde, the official channel assigned to broadcast the tournament, barely aired about ten minutes of the opening before switching its programming to cycling.
Paneque described the accumulation of shortcomings with precision. "It's no longer enough to endure power outages lasting over 20 hours and the lack of 4G coverage in ETECSA's radio bases that prevent official communication from reaching the public; now, on top of that, there’s no TV signal, something so fundamentally basic."
The province suffers from power outages that exceed 20 hours a day. The extended outages also deplete the backup energy of ETECSA's radio bases in about four hours, leaving the population without mobile phone service or internet.
The author concluded his statement with an image that summarizes the state of the province: "At the doorstep of the most-watched event on the planet in Cuba in 2026, we remain in a primitive community, needing, for the good of all, a new discovery, a new dawn."
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