The Cuban Electric Union (UNE) estimated that about 62% of Cuban territory remains without electricity for much of the day. According to official forecasts, out of an energy demand of approximately 3,150 megawatts (MW), only about 1,220 MW will be available, a figure that shows the profound deterioration of the energy infrastructure of a country that is unable to protect the services and rights of its population
.The Cuban regime, which has experienced at least six general blackouts since 2023, is going through a critical situation that prevents it from guaranteeing even the most basic services for the population. The economic policies adopted in recent years by the communist dictatorship have aggravated an energy system weakened by decades of lack of maintenance,
investment and modernization.
Among the factors that aggravate this crisis is the scarce technological renewal of power plants, many of them several decades old. Added to this are the government's limited financial resources and persistent allegations of administrative inefficiency, bureaucracy and corruption within key sectors of
the state apparatus.Authorities in Havana have repeatedly attributed the energy crisis to the economic embargo imposed by the United States. However, so far, no concrete plans or structural reforms have been presented to reverse the progressive collapse of the
