Repeated blackouts leave residents concerned about food, water supply and Cuba’s future

Cuba’s government has spent the last days attempting to get the island’s national grid functioning after repeated island-wide blackouts. Without power, sleep becomes difficult in the heat, food spoils and the water supply fails.

Parts of Cuba’s communist system still function: the municipality sent Maria food. “We are three families here,” she said. “I live alone, the lady who lives next to me [does] also, and there are two children, the children’s mother, her aunt and an elderly man.”

A week after the blackout, the island has returned to the status quo ante with regular power cuts of up to 20 hours a day. But the crisis has left a deep, melancholy dread about the future.

    • Letstakealook@lemm.eeEnglish
      666·
      26 days ago

      Well, we can blame both of our right-wing parties for contributing to the situation by enforcing the longest running embargo. The first break from this was during the Obama administration, but it was too little too late, and we immediately returned to the previous status quo.

      • Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        485·
        26 days ago

        It’s not just an embargo, it’s a criminal blockade that every UN country except the US, Israel and Ukraine has agreed should end.

        • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          117·
          26 days ago

          You’d think Ukraine would have some charity towards another oppressed state. I guess money speaks louder.

          • The AssmanEnglish
            25·
            26 days ago

            Survival speaks louder. Ukraine doesn’t exist without the US.

            • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
              24·
              26 days ago

              I wouldn’t say that.

              They fought off the initial assault themselves, they had some javelins and such, but nothing serious.

              Remember, Ukraine was the only functional part of the Soviet union, they grew all the food, invented their nukes and weapons, they were massive.

              • WanderingVentra@lemm.eeEnglish
                3·
                26 days ago

                I still wouldn’t blame them for sucking up to the US in their current situation. Them and Israel basically rely on the US for their weapons. The US is who I blame most of those 3 because they have the most power to stop it without relying on anyone else for survival.

                • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  21·
                  26 days ago

                  I blame the US for not giving Ukraine such overwhelming weaponry that they dominated, killed every worthless Russian on ukrainian soil and made them fear for their own existence.

                  Invaders must die.

        • prof_wafflez@lemmy.worldEnglish
          710·
          26 days ago

          The US, Israel and Ukraine can get fucked. Other countries should ignore their bull shit bullying and help Cuba. The US and Israel and international bullies and have gotten thousands killed.

            • prof_wafflez@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              25 days ago

              Actually I’m just aware of history. And I wasn’t even talking about Russia, you illiterate boob. Pick up a book. It’s not difficult. The US has done a great job meddling in many, many countries over the last 80 years - common knowledge that’s easy to come by. PS Putin is a tool and since the only person having sus behavior here is you, stop muddying the waters. If anything, you’re an Israeli misinformation bot

      • KecessaEnglish
        101·
        26 days ago

        Don’t know why Biden didn’t end it again

    • AmidFuror@fedia.io
      52·
      26 days ago

      The wrong type of asylum seekers?

      You can presumably understand where they’re coming from, even if voting for the party that hates people from “shithole countries” is not in their interest.