Cuba does not see the light in the background: energy blackout plunges the country into darkness. No classes or work

“I don’t know what else to do: throw myself under a train or go out into the street. We have already been without electricity for 30 hours”, the Cuban CM, a young father from the province of Granma, tells Expresso, after three consecutive days without electricity with a subsequent succession of interruptions. “The food spoiled and then my house was flooded. It’s all very expensive. It’s crazy, no one can handle it. The country is completely falling apart.”

These words illustrate the extreme situation in Cuba. The island was shaken by the energy collapse, the great national blackout, and the devastating passage of hurricane “Óscar” through its eastern zone..