A neighbor from Bayamo posted a video on Facebook in which he indignantly reports that his electrical circuit has gone years without receiving a full day of power, and that the situation has reached a point where, in his words, "they have us in a state of madness."
Juan Luis Vasallo Palomo, known on social media as "El Quijote Bayamés," recorded a reality that, he claims, affects multiple areas of the province: entire nights in darkness, barely four hours of electricity when a "miracle" happens, and the impossibility of keeping food fresh.
"This is unbearable, overwhelming, a complete lack of respect towards all those of us who are in these circuits," says Vasallo Palomo in the video, recorded at 3:00 PM on a day when the power had not yet arrived at his home.
He revealed that he had been given a piece of chicken and expressed his fear that it would go bad before the electricity arrived.
Vasallo Palomo points out that residents in the circuits without service are forced to buy only what they will cook at that moment each day, because without refrigeration, they cannot preserve anything.
Your complaint aligns with data from the 2025 National Food Security Survey, which indicates that over 80% of households in Granma have lost refrigerated food due to blackouts.
The complainant also ironically questions the official recognition of the Granma Electric Company, distinguished as a National Vanguard Collective. "What purpose do all these solar parks serve? I don't know what their solar parks are doing," he asks, referring to the 144 photovoltaic parks installed in Cuba that, however, do not address the nighttime deficit or the structural collapse of the system.
"Incredible that one is begging for electricity in the 21st century. I believe this only happens in this country," he added.
The testimony comes days after Cuba experienced its eighth national blackout of 2026 on September 18, when more than nine million people were left without electricity for approximately 32 hours. In Granma, some circuits went without service for over 60 consecutive hours.
Vasallo Palomo also points to fear as a factor that silences the population. "People have gotten used to it and, out of fear, they don't speak. This needs to be said," he states, before imagining what would happen if a high-ranking official had to live under those conditions: "It would be necessary for someone like a top Party secretary, or I don’t know, a minister of something, to live here."
The man concluded the video with a phrase that encapsulates the mood of those suffering from the crisis: "Gentlemen, there is not a sane soul left in this country."
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