“Dependemos de la corriente para trabajar” Osvaldo, un joven cubano residente en Pinar del Río, describe cómo afecta la crisis energética a una persona activa que necesita trabajar para vivir. Denuncia ciudadana.
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00:00Good afternoon, I am now in the house of the man, what is his name?
00:07Osvaldo Aza
00:09Osvaldo, you allow me to inquire about the issue of the blackout that recently happened here in the capital city of Pinar del Río
00:19Issues such as your criteria regarding whether some food was thrown away, meat in this case, due to the lack of electricity
00:34How do you evaluate the situation of food production? How do you understand the situation of the sale of coal to the population?
00:50And if you can tell us something else, please
00:58Well, the situation of the blackout these days was terrible, terrible, many people like me have lost the same amount of meat
01:11as several products that had the same amount of milk for the boys, etc.
01:18This is a matter, look at myself, I have lost a couple of pounds, this is a waste of money to buy food for the day because it is thrown away
01:32The situation was critical for an entire city, the city of Pinar del Río
01:39Many people were paralyzed, they could hardly sleep, even we could not sleep, nor rest the 8 hours of sleep that a person should sleep
01:54It is incredible what is happening now with the situation of electricity in the city of Pinar del Río
02:05And you work, you have a job, your wife too, in those conditions you have to go to work the next day
02:12Yes, of course, I work in a bar at night, normally I have to work at night, I am used to working more or less at night
02:23Well, because of the electricity, I have not been able to work, because I depend on running to be able to work, I earn my four pesos to be able to survive
02:38My wife is the most affected, she has to work in a children's hospital with children
02:46She does not sleep the whole night, she has to carry the children on her knees all day, it is terrible, terrible, terrible, she arrives dead without wanting to do anything
02:56And in this case, how have you been able to solve the issue of food shortage? Does the stove give you enough time for the gas bullet for the month?
03:06Have you been able to acquire it in time and shape as it is regulated?
03:12Sincerely, there are many people who do not have gas and are affected by the situation of coal, coal is critical
03:24People who take advantage of the situation do not sell it cheap, they sell it too expensive
03:31It is true
03:32A sack of coal, not all people have 1,500 or 1,000 pesos to pay for a sack of coal
03:38It is true
03:40Sometimes the bread does not come to the stove
03:43And is that product very necessary for the snack of the children who go to school?
03:49Not only for the boys at school, but you come from work, you want to eat a bread to feel stable until the time of food and you do not have it
04:03Sometimes people who do not have food say, I'm going to take the bread from the stove and I'm not going to eat it, even if it's a glass of water with sugar
04:11Yes
04:12Because the soda is expensive too
04:14There is a criterion also generalized in the population, which is about the technical failures of thermoelectrics
04:22And that they do not agree with the supply to Cuba of fuel, oil in this case, to generate electricity
04:34It is said that there is an economic situation to be able to buy those sacks of oil that are needed
04:42Do you know anything about it?
04:47I don't think it's because of the lack of resources in the country, but that's a political issue
04:53I don't think that's an economic situation in the country
04:57That's not the case
05:01The thermoelectrics that are broken, for me that's something solid, that's a lie
05:08That's my opinion
05:09Hasn't it been a long time since those thermoelectrics have been built and because of the time of exploitation they also suffer?
05:18It may be because after a few years, like all people, they are born and develop, grow and die in the end
05:28But I don't think it's because of antiquity
05:33There are some factories that have been built recently, like Ernesto Che Guevara in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Norte, in the province of Mayabeque
05:42Which was built at the end of the 80s, at the beginning of the 90s
05:47And in correspondence with the Felton, with the Guitera, which was built many years ago
05:56It's true, you're right
05:58Well, thank you very much
06:00This has been for you the report of the independent journalist Mar Suarez Campos for ADN Cuba
06:06And the press correspondent Julio Cesar Góngora Medio, here in the city of Pinar del Río
06:11Thank you very much