Cuba’s energy crisis

https://www.leftcom.org/en/articles/2024-11-29/cuba-s-energy-crisis-is-a-symptom-of-capitalism-s-global-decay-0
Cuba’s Energy Crisis is a Symptom of Capitalism’s Global Decay

The current situation has been described as worse than Cuba’s special period after the collapse of the USSR. The Antonio Guiteras power plant in the western province of Matanzas, failed shortly before midday on Friday October, 18 2024. At a time when the island was already coming off of the destruction from hurricane Milton. Power was temporarily restored but was cut again on the following Sunday. This marked the fourth time the aging system collapsed, leaving 10 million in a precarious position of four days without electricity, water, or refrigeration for their food in the tropical heat. Since the last time the grid failed, on October 20th through Monday the 21st, many demonstrated in the streets and on their balconies by banging pots and casserole pans out of frustration and to be heard by others in the same situation. Many were working women with children who’ve had to endure being without power, calling it child abuse.