SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The White House spokesperson stated this Monday in a press conference that they continue to monitor the blackouts that Cuba has suffered in recent days and do not rule out supporting the Island, but The Cuban regime has not requested formal help.
According to a report from the agency EFE, Karine Jean-Pierre explained that Joe Biden’s administration is monitoring the energy situation in Cuba, which could impact the lives of Cubans.
“We are concerned about the possible humanitarian impact on the town Cuban,” he stated, adding that Cuba’s economic conditions are the result of “prolonged mismanagement of its policies and resources,” which have worsened the difficulties of the population.
Jean-Pierre also ruled out that USA had some responsibility for the blackouts and the crisis, in response to the regime’s statements that blamed the “blockade” for the debacle of the electro-energy system.
He also pointed out that the Cuban Government “has not requested any help so far” and that they do not rule out providing it if they ask for it. To do this, he said, they would determine the ways and steps to follow to help the population.
After the appearance, Johana Tablada, deputy director general of the United States of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, argued: “The disproportionate and specific measures of aggression of the US governments are many and would be more than absurd if it were not for the “inhuman abuse they cause and the cruelty of their extraterritorial reach.”
In its publication, accompanied by a screenshot of Jean-Pierre’s press conference, several supporters of the regime and Tablada herself repeated the same embargo speech to justify government mismanagement.
As lawyer Mayron Gallardo said, in conversation with the journalist Mario J. Pentón the story of the “blockade” is the “facade of the regime”, behind which they hide the terrible direction of the country, which is why they would not allow a request for help from the US government.
After several collapses of the national electrical system, citizens remained without electricity and water for days, and this Monday, although almost 90% of Havana already had electricity service for the first time since Friday, a large part of the country continues without electricity.
The Electrical Union (UNE) of Cuba indicated, through state media Cubadebatethat in the capital of the Island 769,810 customers (301 circuits), representing 89.3% of the total, already had electricity service.
The Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, detailed in an interview with the portal of the Presidency of Cuba that the Nuevitas 5 unit has already synchronized, which would improve supply in the eastern region, affected since Sunday night by tropical storm Oscar.
“Granma has a better situation, because it has managed to maintain a microisland of generation and reaches more than 40% of customers. Between Nuevitas, Granma, what is being transferred and the land of Santiago de Cuba, the start-up of the Renté and then Felton thermoelectric plants will begin,” he announced.
