Cuba Is in Crisis… Lacking Water and Electricity (Video)
HAVANA TIMES – In this video, we analyze the serious situation Cuba is facing with the lack of potable water and power outages. More than 600,000 people (or is it homes?) are affected, with some having gone weeks without receiving even a drop of water.
The government claims the crisis is due to a lack of equipment and problems with the electricity supply, but the figures and reality seem far more alarming.
We also address the recent protests and the social impact this is having on the island, in addition to the medicine crisis and outbreaks of diseases like dengue and Oropouche, transmitted by mosquitoes in unsanitary conditions.
What is the government doing to tackle this crisis? How is it affecting the daily lives of Cubans? Discover the truth behind the numbers and share your opinion in the comments.
The video has English subtitles.
During my last trip to Cuba recently, I was amazed by two very different things I saw in abundance in Havana. #1 the amount of garbage in the streets. #2 the number of luxury automobiles. The garbage piles were often 5 feet tall. If you sat there long enough, you could see the rats coursing through the piles. The same piles also were constantly being rummaged through by old and young Cubans. I also saw a Ferrari, lots of Cadillac Escalades and Mercedes, and even a Tesla! I almost felt guilty going out to eat in literally some of the presumably most expensive restaurants in Havana. At least until I got inside the restaurant and saw handfuls of Cubans dining there as well. What do they say? Nero playing the violin as Rome burned? This is how I describe my last trip to Havana.
Carolyn wrote: “I understand that fifty years of el bloqueo has stunted the progress of this amazing country . . . “
Carolyn, it is the sixty plus years of total incompetence, ineptitude, and incoherent leadership that has brought this once jewel of the Caribbean to its knees, not “el bloqueo”. Let’s look at some simple examples. Havana Times is doing a good job providing the readers with true stories of Cuban neighborhoods inundated with mounds and mounds of garbage strewn all over municipal streets.
This garbage in turn leads to serious illnesses as the piles of stinking rubbish attract rodents spreading diseases. Where is the totalitarian government in this mess? Do they not have a civic conscience to at least make an attempt to alleviate the horrific mess. How is “ el bloqueo” to blame for this complete abandonment of civic duty?
What about the lack of potable water for the majority of Cuban families. The lack of electricity brought about by years and years of neglect of their power plants cannot be blamed on “el bloqueo”. All one has to do is look at the current situation in Vietnam. Did not the U S A military during the Vietnam War carpet bomb the country wiping out their essential infrastructure yet in a few short years, still under a communist regime, their rejuvenated government revamped their entire country to the success it now enjoys. Why not Cuba?
No, the totalitarian rulers know how to play the “blame” game to provide cover for their total incompetence. The only stunting of progress is the totalitarian government’s fixation and complete adherence to Marxist-Leninist philosophy which has proven worldwide to be antithetical to human progress.
A travel agency in Canada is now telling people Cuba is a health risk and go to another place. This cause a further loss of foreign currency. I feel for the people of Cuba. The current gov in Cuba in my opinion is worse than the gov in Cuba from the late 1940s.
As a Canadian, I feel a strong connection to Cuba and its people. I have visited there many times in order to enjoy the culture, especially the music. I understand that fifty years of el bloqueo has stunted the progress of this amazing country, but I would like to see the government spend less money on self-serving ceremonial occasions and more on infrastructure .. ¡Fidel vive!
I am speechless on how to reply to this most devastative video -The ministers responses would be laughable had they not been so deadly serious.
Apart from your own precious populations appalling suffering I can see that your extremely valuable tourism will collapse as they would certainly not wish to put there own lives in danger with all your water-borne healthcare issues as detailed in this extremely powerful video.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL !!!!