Power blackouts in Cuba increase as food shortages worsen

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Loosely translated from Marti Noticias

The return of blackouts in Cuba since Monday, with power cuts of up to six hours in most Cuban provinces, added to food shortages, increases discontent among the population, residents from the island.

This Wednesday the interruptions reached up to 8 hours in Aguada de Pasajeros, Cienfuegos province, said the activist Juan Alberto de la Nuez Ramírez.

“The discomfort is immense, because the promise that the ruling party had given was that the blackouts were going to last two and three hours, and if we already started with cuts of six and eight hours a day, the forecast is that the energy deficit should continue to increase when the Felton plant goes into repair, and other thermoelectric plants in the month of February.

Since Monday, also in that Cienfuegos town, fathers and mothers with small children had to leave their jobs because in the semi-internal primary schools “there is no lunch due to lack of food,” explained De la Nuez.

Sancti Spíritus is not immune to blackouts, which average about five hours a day, said independent journalist Adriano Castañeda.

“In the eight municipalities of the province of Espiritu, these torturing blackouts are occurring, and the shortage at the beginning of 2023 is even stronger,” said the communicator.

“In the eight municipalities of the province of Espiritu, these torturous blackouts are occurring, and the shortage of food at the beginning of 2023 is even worse,” said Castañeda.

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