A Cuban identified as Elena Pérez published an explosive complaint on Facebook against the electrical authorities and the government, as her area of residence in the Arroyo Arenas neighborhood, located in the La Lisa municipality of Havana, has been without stable service for five days.
"Today is Thursday, September 3rd. Since Sunday, August 30th, this circuit 2073 has been constantly affected," wrote Pérez, who described an exhausting cycle of interruptions: "It seemed like they restored the service, but that's not true; the off-and-on was constant until it completely went out."
The woman reports a flagrant corruption among the operators who decide on the local service shutdown. "Who do they benefit with the electricity that belongs to us?" she questions directly to the authorities of La Lisa and the province. "They don't give us the right to be like other circuits—why?"
Pérez did not hide his anger at what he considers a deliberate negligence: "The government knows, the Party knows, and they mock us; no one, but no one listens to us."
Her words reflect a desperation that goes beyond mere discomfort: "They have turned Cuba into a hell," she wrote, and concluded: "Everyone is to blame, but above all, those who first fail to uphold the law."
In recent months, several residents of the capital have publicly reported that there are prioritized electrical circuits that remain operational while others experience blackouts lasting over 30 hours.
This week, baritone Ulises Aquino Guerra denounced the unequal distribution of electricity in the Kholy neighborhood, Playa municipality, as the circuit in which he lives received only 55 minutes of electricity over six consecutive days.
"55 minutes of electricity in six days is not a very socialist distribution (...) It stands in stark contrast to other areas in the same municipality where they provide two or more hours of power," wrote Aquino, ironically criticizing the regime's discourse on social justice.
At the end of August, a resident of La Lisa demanded that the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, provide "clarity and transparency" regarding the criteria used to prioritize service to certain circuits at the expense of others.
"It is perplexing to be without electricity for more than 30 hours and only have two hours of power, while seeing a circuit near my house that never turns off and not know the reasons behind that decision," he stated.
In July, a mother residing in Calabazar, a municipality in Boyeros, accused employees of the state electrical system of illegally selling electricity that was meant for her neighborhood, while other circuits and private businesses continued to receive a steady supply in exchange for money.
The author of the publication detailed that she had been receiving electricity for only a few hours a day, while small and medium enterprises and other prioritized circuits enjoyed power 24 hours a day.
According to his account, one night the neighbors themselves intercepted the responsible workers and caught them red-handed: "The truck, which is somewhat basic, was loaded with boxes of beer, while they were with wads of cash, and moreover, drunk as a skunk, enjoying and profiting at the expense of the suffering of a town," he wrote.
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