Yudelkis Ortiz Barceló, the First Secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Granma, showcased on Facebook this Tuesday images of residents in the province watching the semifinal of the World Cup between France and Spain in improvised public spaces, and celebrated that they achieved this thanks to "creativity" and "various connection alternatives."
The photographs show groups of people sitting on the ground in doorways and sidewalks, in front of flat-screen televisions placed on wooden crates or makeshift refrigerators, seemingly powered by energy stations or photovoltaic systems.
Ortiz accompanied the images with a message that does not mention at any point the electrical crisis that Granma is experiencing: "Goooooolllllllll for everyone who fights with all the creativity this world has to offer under the adverse conditions we live in and who do not stop. Let us remain united with the only forces capable of crushing the cruel and inhumane blockade: unity and love."
Your publication is a pure example of romanticizing the crisis and misery, especially because Cuba is experiencing this Tuesday the third massive blackout in just eight days.
Additionally, what the leader omitted is that Granma is one of the provinces most affected by blackouts in Cuba.
This month, the province has experienced power outages of up to 72 consecutive hours and even on July 4th, it was completely disconnected from the National Electric System.
Ortiz's "polished" publication follows a pattern already documented during his time at the helm of the provincial PCC.
In June, she described the collective cooking of tamales in the street as "humanism", without referring to the energy crisis that forces Cubans to cook in public spaces.
That same month, he celebrated the arrival of mobile cinema as "a different light," although he acknowledged that "it is not the solution our people deserve."
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