Posted on 10/19/2024 10:24:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Cuba's government said late on Saturday it had restored power to nearly one-fifth of the island's people after the national grid collapsed twice in 24 hours, plunging millions of people into darkness.
The unprecedented nationwide blackout is the latest blow in the nation of 10 million, already suffering from dramatic shortages of food, medicine and fuel.
Cuba's top electricity official, Lazaro Guerra, said the grid operator was working to restore electricity but that the process would be slow and rushing the job could lead to more blackouts and a deterioration of service.
"I cannot assure you that we will be able to complete linking the system today, but we are estimating that there should be important progress today," Guerra said on a TV newscast earlier in the day.
The capital Havana was still largely in the dark on Saturday evening. Strong winds and rain began to buffet much of the Caribbean island ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Oscar, which was expected to graze northeastern Cuba in the coming days.
The hurricane caps a dramatic series of events in Cuba over several days that has raised tensions among the island's already exhausted residents.
Cuba's electrical grid first failed around midday on Friday after one of the island's largest power plants shut down. The grid collapsed again on Saturday morning, state-run media reported.
Even before the two grid failures, a dire electricity shortfall on Friday had forced Cuba's Communist-run government to send non-essential state workers home and cancel school for children as it sought to conserve fuel for power generation.
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Wonder how many people they had to shoot to get the power back on.
Now those EVs can be charged to drive owners to the lines to get rutabaga, potatoes and bags of groats.
Background.... (Notice we can blame someone name “Trump” for the fall of the glorious people’s revolution in carrying forward Marxism-Leninism as a beacon for the world, as I would put it.)
From several sources:
Food shortages are still common in Cuba.
The Cuban economy was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as by additional sanctions from the United States imposed by the Trump administration. In 2020, the country’s economy declined by 11%, the country’s worst decline in nearly 30 years. Cubans have faced shortages of basic goods as a result.
Cuba has also assumed the top-ranking spots in the world’s poverty surveys. In 2023, the firm DatoWorld revealed that Cuba was the poorest country in Latin America, ahead of Venezuela and Honduras. In 2022, the island was given the “inglorious title of 2021′s most-miserable country” by the annual Hanke’s Misery Index.
“1/5th” would be the registered to vote in U.S. elections “Democrat” voters.
“as many as we needed, friend, as many as we needed.”
“Cuba was the poorest country in Latin America, ahead of Venezuela and Honduras.”
Don’t they mean behind, not ahead of?
One Fifth. Reminds me of a joke. Wherever you find four Catholic Priests gathered together in one place, you are sure to find a Fifth. Oops...
...and where does Haiti fit...?
This seems to be life and government they want.
For the owners leadership.
Hey...It’s Cuba...surprised they have any utilities.
Ah, it’s Paradise once again/s
Hey- they have free healthcare and a higher literacy rate than the US And a Castro still running the country behind the scenes
You can bet the one fifth were the communist elitists
Just in time for Hurricane Oscar.
Probably got a few ancient JD tractors that are running equally ancient generator sets.
In retail it’s the 20/80 rule, 20% of your stuff brings in 80% of your money, so in Cuba the 20/80 rule is you need 20% of your people and let the other 80% go to he((.
“Cuba’s top electricity official, Lazaro Guerra, said the GRID OPERATOR was working to restore electricity but that the process would be slow and rushing the job could lead to more blackouts and a deterioration of service.”
Story has a singular grid operator - maybe he’s the only one with any knowledge of the grid...
Ain’t Communism wonderful🥸
Don’t forget, Cuba offers free education & their health care system is envied across the globe.
I’m sure the peasants are happy with their rice cookers.
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