Neighbors of La Virginia, a community in the municipality of Najasa, in Camagüey, report power outages that last a week or more, with no solutions or explanations provided by the authorities. The situation was documented by journalist José L. Tan Estrada on Facebook, and comments from dozens of internet users confirmed that the issue affects a large part of the municipality and the province.
According to the report, the electricity outage in La Virginia "could extend for a week or even longer." However, even when the power is on during the scheduled three hours, the service "goes off and on more than twenty times," which ultimately destroys the electrical appliances in homes.
When the service is finally restored after a breakdown, the repairs last only a short time: sometimes neighbors have barely an hour or half an hour of electricity before a new outage begins.
What outrages the residents the most is the inequality within the circuit itself: while La Virginia remains nearly in the dark, other areas connected to the same grid do receive electricity. "The municipality of Najasa has no right to electricity; it's a lack of respect. Whenever it's our turn, there's always a breakdown; it's ridiculous," wrote an internet user in the comments.
Residents have even turned to the president of the municipal government, who lives in the community herself, but according to neighbors, she often doesn’t know what response to give either. The underlying problem, as Tan Estrada points out, “is not that repairs are never made. It’s that they are resolved temporarily without implementing a temporary measure that would stabilize the service until a definitive solution arrives.”
Other internet users expanded on the situation with equally alarming testimonies. One resident of Monte Carlos recounted that they had been experiencing a blackout for "over 24 hours," and when the service was restored, "they decided to play around by turning it on and off more than 8 times in a row [...] Result: over 4 broken refrigerators in the same building." Another individual pointed out that in Santa Cruz del Sur, "there has been no electricity for a week, with no response for its residents." From the urban center of Najasa, a neighbor confirmed: "The same thing is happening here in Najasa; they're ruining the appliances with their on-and-off antics."
One comment starkly summarized the prevailing perception: "No one worries about that area." Another internet user noted that when all of Cuba reconnects after a blackout of the National Electric System, "Najasa returns to normal the day after, forgetting that this municipality is part of the island and that real people live here." A third was more direct: "This community is forgotten by the leaders of this country; not even subsidized bread has come in for about six months. This is a lawless wasteland."
Najasa has a documented history of being one of the municipalities most affected by the energy crisis. In May 2024, it experienced blackouts lasting up to 16 hours and was identified as the epicenter of the crisis in the province. In August 2026, other neighborhoods in Camagüey reported extreme situations: residents accumulating more than 20 days without electricity due to a transformer breakdown with no solution in sight.
The Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, admitted before the National Assembly in July that there are communities with up to 105 consecutive days without electricity, attributing this to outdated voltage transformers that are hard to replace.
For rural communities like La Virginia, the distance from urban centers seems to translate into systematic neglect. "The farther you are from the capital, the more problems you encounter," summarized an internet user, with a simplicity that encapsulates decades of indifference.
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