After four days of total blackout, more than 70% of the Cuban population He recovered electrical service this Tuesday. The energy crisis was aggravated by the passage of hurricane Oscarwhich left seven dead and serious damage in the east of the country. According to the Ministry of Energy and Mines in your X account, “70.89% of customers in Cuba have electrical service” and added that “the expansion of the electrical coverage.”
He hurricane Oscar, degraded to a tropical storm, it mainly affected the province of Guantanamo (east of the island), where the municipalities of San Antonio del Sur and Imías were partially inaccessible. The winds and intense rains devastated homes and structures in Baracoa.
The president Miguel Diaz-Canel He reported that the armed forces were leading the rescue efforts in the affected areas, and that his government will act “as soon as it is possible to begin the recovery phase” in the disaster zone, where there were unrecorded flood levels. historically.
The eastern provinces of Guantanamo y Santiago from Cuba They still have low availability of electricity, while the west of the island recovered up to 95% of the supply. In The Bud, where the service returned almost in its entirety, daily life continues to be marked by difficulties. Some people, such as merchants and workers, expressed relief with the partial restoration of service.
Despite the government’s efforts, Cubans lived through days of isolated protests in Havana due to the persistent lack of electricity and the risks of new outages in the energy system, affected by obsolete thermoelectric plants. Díaz-Canel warned that he will not tolerate riots and assured that those who participate in acts of violence will be prosecuted in accordance with the law. vandalism.