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The Cuban actor Luis Alberto García published a new ironic critique of Cuba's electricity crisis on Facebook this Tuesday, comparing the country's thermoelectric plants to multiple-entry passports that many Cubans cannot obtain.
«The indigenous thermoelectric plants are the envy of many Cuban passport holders. They have multiple entry and exit visas, valid for the next 20 to 30 years,» García wrote on his public profile.
The metaphor sarcastically refers to the frequent outages and reconnections of the plants to the National Electric System. The accompanying image—a lit candle against a black background—visually reinforces the irony of the blackouts suffered by the island.
The most notable comment on the post by Lilliam Rangel Mesa summarized the popular sentiment: "If it weren't so tragic, it would be laughable."
The publication comes a day after the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant went offline due to its 15th breakdown of the year, this time because of a leak in the boiler, just three days after being reconnected.
That Monday, the availability of the national electric system was only 995 MW compared to a demand of 2,620 MW, with 1,630 MW impacted, as reported by the Electric Union.
For the peak nighttime hours, the UNE projected a deficit of 2,085 MW, implicitly acknowledging that a definitive solution is not possible in the short term.
La Guiteras has not received major maintenance since 2010, and its director, Román Pérez Castañeda, admitted in May that the plant needs at least 180 days of downtime for extensive repairs, but that "the country's situation still does not allow for it."
This is not the first time García has used social media to denounce the energy crisis with irony and conviction.
On June 10, he accused the "lords" of having abandoned the Cuban people in darkness with only one message: "Screw you!"
On June 1, he described the weekend of blackouts as something “specially designed to register as a dissident”, after days with only two to four hours of electricity per day.
On May 27, he questioned the use of state fuel for political events while the country remained in darkness: "Is there fuel or not? Are gasoline and oil ideological?"
The record for electrical deficit in 2026 was recorded on May 14: 2,174 MW, with only 976 MW available against a demand of 3,150 MW, amid the most severe energy crisis in the recent history of the country.
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