Cubans are without electricity except the 5 star hotel



    by DblockDavid

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    1. On visiting Cuba you quickly learn that in an attempt to earn foreign currency, tourists are provided with a very different standard of living and access to resources than the locals. It may feel unfair, but on the other hand, no-one would visit and spend foreign currency (that they badly need) to live like a Cuban local.

    2. MidWestKhagan on

      Who’s causing the blackout in Cuba? Trying to vaguely smear the people who brought aid to Cuba is also very stupid of you. That hotel is the only hotel that Americans are allowed to use if they don’t want to get a felony when they come back to the US. 

    3. The one that Americans are legally required by the American government to stat at when they visit.

    4. Out_of_Fawkes on

      I really hope hospitals and home-care patients are better able to be safely cared for than I think is happening. 😭

    5. Leave OP alone! Just because they don’t know what a generator is doesn’t mean they don’t deserve those sweet sweet upvotes

    6. Ok_Camp_7051 on

      China can solve this problem immediately with a cargo ship full of solar panels and batteries. 

    7. Muted-Novel4403 on

      The humanitarian convoy just brought them solar panels and medical supplies.

    8. Still-Lab-6076 on

      I love how many people are commenting “it’s a generator” ” probably a generator”, it’s pretty funny theyre missing the point. The op is likely commenting on the socioeconomic aspects of the video that the majority of cuba doesn’t have money or privileged enough to have electricity, but the 5 star hotel is.

    9. AloofConscientious on

      Oh my gosh that reminds me of fear The walking Dead. When they restore power to the only building in the whole city lol

    10. Old people and medical needs people in their homes are going to literally die from this, and more at hospitals. The population also wont be able to cook or have running water. They’re trying to topple the government by making the population suffer en masse.

    11. pizza-flusher on

      the cruel US blockade males exemptions for privately owned facilities such as the hotel. Our comprehensive blockade killed at least of dozen of people on ventilator this weekend.

    12. HoudiniMortimer on

      Why don’t they have power? Is it because of the blockade the USA is doing to stop fuel entering Cuba? I reckon it might be.

    13. Might have smuggled/invested in a solar panel battery system. It wouldn’t take much energy to keep newer led lights on at night if you have the right equipment. It wouldn’t make sense to be running a generator cause even though that hotel has cash they won’t be able to get fuel as easy when the whole island is out… If it was really fuel it would make sense to spare it for cooking etc

    14. Back up generator still needs oil or some equivalent to run so they’re gonna run out of it soon. How much could they possibly have stashed in drums in the basement? Backup generator isn’t gonna be providing for electricity for more than a few days I wouldn’t think… Especially given how much they’re apparently using given all those lights.

    15. AtmosphereEven3526 on

      No electricity anywhere. Except for several tall buildings in the distance.

    16. Imagine if china pulled up saying we will hook you up with solar panels if you let us put a base and some nukes there

    17. screamtracker on

      Iran should negotiate for Cubas blockade to end, just for the lulz 😂 

      Also Cubans are really nice. ❤️ attack to u know who 

    18. They’re lucky the ppl without electricity didn’t lynch everyone in the only building with the lights on

    19. I live in a house that was once a part of the bed-and-breakfast property next door. We are still on the same power line as the rest of the original property. It is totally separate from the other houses in my holler. So when the rest of the valley loses power, the Manor is always first to be fixed. It’s useful to us but seems like a waste of tax-payer funded materials.

    20. When I was in Cuba last year the place I stayed at would turn on their generator during schedules blackouts

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