A Cuban identified as Lianet Nina Yanza posted a video on Facebook this Friday in which she indignantly denounced the prolonged blackouts affecting her community, a testimony that surpassed 77,800 views and became one of the most widely shared expressions of the growing discontent over the energy crisis on the island.
In the video, just over two minutes long, the woman describes a situation that, she claims, is recurring within the same municipality and neighborhood, where some areas maintain almost a constant electricity service while others accumulate between 60 and 90 hours without power.
"Gentlemen, they are unbalancing us and wearing us down physically and mentally, and no body can withstand this," he asserts at the beginning of the recording.
Later, he states that the head of the office of the Electric Company in the Capdevila area, Joel Aguilera, wrote to him asking him to "settle" for two hours of supply and that "before, they used to get electricity by chance."
The complainant, a mother of small children, questioned the value of receiving electricity for such a short time. "What the hell am I supposed to do in an hour and a few minutes with a little child? At least I have time to boil water," she expressed.
"This is something no body can withstand," the woman states, before closing the video with a direct critique of the system. "This is a failed government."
The reactions to the publication reflected a similar discontent. A user who claimed to live in La Lira, in Arroyo Naranjo, asserted that the authorities say the area has service when, according to her, "it's a lie," because they only receive electricity once a day and the food ends up going bad.
Other comments attributed the crisis to corruption and poor management of the electrical system. "They keep getting rich while the people are slowly dying," wrote one person, while another described the situation as a "lack of respect" and pointed to corruption among linemen as part of the problem.
The publication coincided with another critical day for the National Electric System, which this Friday recorded a deficit close to its historical record, amid prolonged blackouts that continue to affect millions of Cubans.
The video of Lianet is not an isolated case. A few days ago, a mother posted a photo fanning her five-year-old daughter in complete darkness with the phrase "all I have are hugs and helplessness."
Previously, another Cuban showed her refrigerator filled with spoiled food and wrote: "it takes away your desire for everything, you lose your strength."
Several thermal power units remain out of service, others are under maintenance, and 106 distributed generation plants are offline due to a lack of fuel.
In light of the crisis, the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel urged to "better organize the blackouts," and the Minister of Energy Vicente de la O Levy acknowledged that the power cuts will continue throughout 2026, describing the year as "challenging."
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