This is what happens when a nation falls under the control of a Communist regime that is experiencing economy problems.
When strolling the streets of Habana Vieja, it’s almost impossible not to see a landscape of decay. According to published reports, the nation appears to have been transformed into hopelessness. The surroundings are hostile, with broken sidewalks, trash bins overflowing at corners —sometimes with garbage scattered on the ground— or sewage water that must be avoided to arrive clean at our destination.To add insult to injury, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook Cuba after hurricanes and blackouts.
The rumbling was felt across the eastern stretch of Cuba, including in bigger cities like Santiago de Cuba. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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Cuba is in the throes of a severe energy crisis, driven by fuel supply disruptions and compounded by obstacles in securing vital technologies and supplies needed to modernize and operate its aging power plants. The situation, exacerbated by U.S. sanctions, has left the nation’s energy system teetering. At the same time, the island nation is grappling with recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Oscar, which ravaged the eastern region, leaving seven dead and devastating infrastructure across four municipalities in Guantánamo province.
The country’s power grid collapsed on Friday, Oct. 18, due to the failure of one of the island’s largest thermal power plants—the 330-MW Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant in Matanzas province—hours after the island suffered its biggest power outage in two years on the night of Oct. 17. The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) reported in a message on X that the National Electric System (SEN) at 11 a.m. was “completely disconnected” following the unexpected shutdown of the oil-fired power plant.
Mexico reportedly extended technical support to Cuba and is considering whether fuel aid may also be needed. “We will always be supportive,” said President Claudia Sheinbaum, indicating that Mexico’s CFE (Federal Electric Power Commission) “is in contact through the Foreign Ministry with whatever the Cuban people require in order to support them.” Sheinbaum reaffirmed her nation’s opposition to the U.S. embargo during a recent press conference. Responding to a journalist’s question about the possibility of sending fuel, she said, “At a given time, we assisted Cuba, and we are seeing whether fuel aid is also necessary as [well as] humanitarian aid, and it is for the Cuban people, obviously, and for the country.”