Díaz-Canel admits the collapse of Cuba's electrical system: "We haven't always been efficient."

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel confirmed what millions of people experience every day in Cuba: the national electricity system is on the verge of total collapse. In an interview broadcast on the official channel of the Cuban Presidency on YouTube, the president acknowledged the serious deterioration of thermoelectric plants and the country's structural limitations in ensuring stable electrical service.

Díaz-Canel admitted that Cuban thermoelectric plants are more than 40 years old, have exceeded their useful life and operate solely thanks to the “intelligence of technicians,” despite the lack of investment and maintenance.

This situation has caused prolonged blackouts, disruptions to hospitals and schools, and the worsening economic and migration crisis.

Among the most affected sectors are health, telecommunications and transportation, with a direct impact on the population's quality of life. Many Cubans live without adequate refrigeration, with constant power outages, and no clear prospects for improvement.

Although the president again blamed the US embargo as the main cause of the collapse, he also acknowledged Internal failures, technical errors and poor resource management“We haven’t always been efficient or rational,” he said.

Fuel shortages, a lack of spare parts, and the shutdown of distributed generation plants have made it impossible to increase the country's energy capacity.

"We haven't had enough fuel oil or diesel to keep the system running," he explained, referring to the daily power outages of more than 10 hours in the provinces.

Canel and the collapse of the Cuban electrical system

La energy crisis has generated protests, social discontent, and an increase in migratory exodus. Meanwhile, the government insists that solutions can only come from "since socialism", although no immediate or concrete strategies are presented to solve the underlying problems.

At a time when basic services are at risk, Díaz-Canel also justified the increase in telecommunications rates, arguing that "without foreign currency income, there are no gigabytes for anyone."

The lack of tangible results and the repeated justifications leave the population between the resignation and weariness, while the country faces one of the most difficult periods in its recent history, with the collapse of the Cuban electrical system leaving Cubans in primitive conditions, without electricity for their basic needs.