Cuba in chaos following blackouts 

Its been a crisis for 70 years

this is what the South African government aspires to. Cuba and Venezuela are model countries for them

"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher

Cuba's soviet leftovers are finally grinding to a halt. The video confirms the facts without mentioning bad ideology or corruption as the source. The viewer will notice that with the power gone, it is just a question of days before motor vehicles runout of gas and diesel because gas stations can no longer pump fuel out of empty underground tanks. The lack of electricity also undermines the nutrition and health of Cubans who cannot obtain or retain perishable food without refrigeration. Urban residents will be affected first, with no backyard gardens or livestock to supplement existing stockpiles of canned and dry goods. The amazing part of this crisis is the effects are not limited to the poor, the rich elites and party bureaucrats are equally affected along with law enforcement and the military. A scenario 'ripe' for revolution.

Almost achieving full equality when everyone starves

They don’t want to lose power! All dictators are like that! The military holds them in power! They have broken the Cuban people! That’s why there is no improvement in there country! It’s very sad!

Russia too poor to help cuba now😢

When i left that island in 2002 , we were outta power for at least 6 hours daily . So its not political , its castros failed policies .

Cuba wanted Russia as their economical partner let them be.

Thank you for your post , I have one auntie there in ,. Camaguey Cuba , unfortunately no power grid no Internet it’s awful thank God my parents left in the 1950s before the communist took over they have destroyed that country.

Oh, no! Are you saying that communism does NOT WORK? I had so many university professors state that communism is way superior to capitalism. Were they all wrong? Please say it ain't so.

Power outages but not for the new hotel. Cuba, the carribean holocaust . My father two uncles were executed for going against Castro and were turned in by their own sister. ✌️💙

Cuba seems to be devolving into Haiti.

Cuban over here.. my entire family just lost all the food they had, so here we go again sending them food so they can eat. Add all the medicine we already send. There is nothing at all for survival over there. People are dying by the thousands due to lack of food and medicine. This is a never ending agony for those there and those who are here. This is just too much and protesting is only going to get you killed or incarcerated.

Russia have their own problems to worry about helping Cuba. Whatever happen to helping your fellow communist.

Cuba's decision to choose Moscow seems to have been poor.

I hope the situation will improve for Cuba -it is a lovely country with a lovely culture, lovely people

electricity is not a human entitlement just because you exist on earth.

Cuba has been in chaos since January 1, 1959

Sanctions, effect families and their kids. Cuba has no military to speak of, so what other reason would a country sanction them. To change it's governing political party. One wonders at the word freedom..

This is 2024....Just don't let them get your Souls....Come On Cuba ....TOGETHER IN OUR HEARTSSS AND PRAYERS FOREVER 🙏 💞 💖

Daddy Putin didn't deliver free oil?

I had a nurse at a hospital in Seattle who was from Cuba (her father was a doctor in Miami who helped her move to US). She has only bad memories of her life in Cuba and said it was like living in the 1950's. Her father was forced to be a doctor in Venezuela (in exchange for oil) and he walked into the US embassy and asked for asylum.

They should have built a nuclear power plant instead of invading Africa.

STOP SAYING CUBA’S PROBLEMS ARE ECONOMIC CUBA REAL PROBLEM IS NOT ECONOMIC, IS A POLITICAL PROBLEM , TO KEEP THE POWER OVER ITS POPULATION THEY DONT ALLOW TO ANY NATIONAL TO OWN ANY BUSINESS, I AM TALKING ABOUT REAL BUSINESS, ENERGY , CONSTRUCTION, ETC , THATS WHY EVERYONE IS SUFFERING, AND EVERYTHING IS THE WAY IT IS, TOTAL DESTRUCTION AND INEFFICIENCY IN EVERY WAY.

what is the difference between cuba and vietnam. in vietnam you could start a business and travel to other counties

USA not far behind

Same situation for over 65 years! This is not new,I do remember all the massive black outs in the 90s and as always the communist regime blaming anyone but themselves,they destroyed what it was once the most beautiful island in the Caribbean

Call Puerto Rico for help...wait, they do absolutely zero for anyone.

In some towns are 4 day whit no electricity

How is this a problem for the US? Cuba wanted sovereignty 60 odd years ago and they wanted communism The received everything they valued as needed for their country.

All the productive people are leaving so the island can only collapse.

The sheep living there, need to stand up and show some backbone. It will never change unless they act!!!

Cuba is getting more like the USA or is the USA getting more like Cuba?

I think Ayn Rand predicted something like this.

The ones with the guns have the power...

In 9 months a lot of new citizens of Cuba will be born.❤🧐

I was on holiday years ago nothing worked then, the whole infrastructure of the country was run down or in tatters. People where afraid to complain to tourists about the country for fear of being jailed ,you never new when you where under surveillance.

their grid in cuba looks like Eversource's in Connecticut (I hate to say it). That is why we are always out of power).

Blame Fidel

no power? no electricity in the COPPER wires . . you can just walk up and grab them?!?! so the next shortage will be . . ????

The castro family drive Mercedes Benz and the political police move in Hyundai

Revolution!

Nice job, Karl!!!!!

The people you see walking are EV owners!!! Way to go Democrats

Hello, Cuba??? Cheap Chinese solar panels??? No tropical island should use anything but solar power. Just crazy.

Enjoying communism, Cubans?

There 194 other countries in the world. Cuba could buy anything it needs from any one of them, at any time. Russia is one of them... China comes to mind, too...

It’s not just electricity, also no water

This all started in 1959.

Instead of mocking and gloating why not help?

i hope you get relief from your government. I love Cuba from Iran🇮🇷❤🇨🇺

Damn, even haiti 😅has power right now, I think, and their supposed to be poorer.

Its not the embargo its the crazy tariffs the government slaps on imports.

Praying 🙏 for all,may GOD bless you and keep you all safe 😢

Get ready coming to USA soon.

Why do countries like Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Bolivia etc. keep heading down dead ends?

Not our problem people got what they wanted years ago

You get what you vote for

Let me try this one more time: Cuba could trade cigars and sugar for a tanker full of oil, to anyone who had an oil tanker and wanted a boat-load of cigars. If Cuba doesn't have that many cigars, well then, what are they going to do? This is not about some "mystical US-led international banking system." It's pretty basic, really.

Thank you for your report. We have family there 😢

texas had the same problem a few winters ago.

When did this start?

It will be interesting to see who takes up Cuba’s plight.

I like that CFL streetlight jerry-rig at 0:01.

Gosh Harvard may know the solutions

Time for change in Cuba.

Can't they get food and medicine??

Cuba is a country that stopped in 1959

The report says Cuba's population went down to 8.5 million in 2023 and yet maintains that the power outage is now affecting 10 million people. Guess the country has an incredibly high birth rate or that a lot of people are moving back there.

Funny they use led lights in those lamp posts

I noticed that Radio Havana, on 6000 kHz, has been off the air for the last few days. In recent years the transmitter on that frequency has had problems, with distorted audio and once it was making a sound like tearing cardboard for hour after hour.

I feel bad for Cuba. At some point ,they have to find a way to abandon Communism.

I have a TV, BOX fan, cellphone charger and 6 gas stations nearby with plenty of Gas and diesel you wish to buy. Blessed to be in San Diego, CA

My advice is don’t trust that the tap water is clean. They should boil tap water before drinking it.

Well, at least the 50 year old cars have headlights.

So now we have to take in all the Cubans like we don't have enough.

The lack of empathy for the common Cuban people among the commenters is astonishing. They have the hurricane in addition to the blackout. Ordinary people are suffering. People in the West are so used to having everything, they don't realize that this could change... and will at some point.

Repetition. Why say the same thing twice ?

Democrat paradise 🐍

😂😂this is socialism,communism

About 45 years ago I read a book for secondary school about a gay man who suffered from persecution by the Cuban regime. After that I no longer feel sorry for the regime or for the people who do not overthrow the regime.

This times presenter is a clown saying that the embargo has anything to do with this situation, and the other person also a slow saying that services are "Alright" when they are going into a third day of total energy collapse. These people must be pro Castristas. What. joke.

They need hard currency.

Cuba is the living "Animal Farm"

That's what Communism does!!! Freedom for cubans!!!!!!

Maybe they should try solar power , works great don't it?

Many Glasgow, Scotland taxi drivers spend their holidays in Cuba and rave about it.

First off, I didn't know Cubans have electricity, let alone a "president".

Uk heading same away our last coal power station just shut down and four of our five nuclear power stations locations earmarked for closure Solar and wind won't keep the lights on especally when everyone will be forced into EV cars

They keep voteing for this in Cuba

China and Russia are a real big help 😉

When the lights go out the looters come out.

Will the last person to leave Cuba please lock the door.. it's okay you can still pretend Communism works nobody's going to push you to tears.. nothing need to be said.

Surely, Russia and Venezuela could help😂😂😂

You need to correct that, it's been 48 hours since no cuban haz electrical power

Спасибо Путину

My heart bleeds . Why don't they turn to their great buddy's the Russians ?

Don’t come asking for our help.

It’s hard to believe Cuba was once the “jewell of the Caribbean”. Praying Cuba rids itself of communism. It would be amazing to see Cuba return to her former glory. 🇨🇺