Residents of La Posita, in the Altamira neighborhood of Santiago de Cuba, reported that they have been without electricity for over three days, enduring unbearable heat and receiving no effective response from the Electric Company.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am desperate. I have a baby who is only four months old and there is constant crying because of the heat. I can\u2019t sleep, I can\u2019t live like this. The food has gone bad and no one is providing a solution,\u201d said a mother from the area to journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada<\/a>.<\/p>\n Facebook<\/p>\n According to the independent journalist, residents have repeatedly called the company, but the only response they receive is that “the report has already been submitted to the office” and that they must continue to wait, with the problem still unresolved up to this point.<\/p>\n “The situation once again reflects the neglect experienced by numerous neighborhoods in Santiago, where power outages are no longer just an inconvenience, but a humanitarian crisis that particularly affects families with small children, the elderly, and vulnerable individuals,” added Mayeta Labrada.<\/p>\n “The neighbors demand an immediate response, as spending more than 72 hours without electricity under these conditions becomes an unbearable punishment for the community,” he concluded.<\/p>\n From\u00a0Santiago de Cuba, electrical authorities\u00a0describe\u00a0<\/a>a\u00a0crisis marked by outages and maintenance, with rotation across four blocks and reduced service for 3 to 6 hours depending on available load, in addition to warnings about decreased photovoltaic support if weather conditions worsen.<\/p>\n The alert<\/a> was issued in the context of a prior day with 24-hour disruptions in the country and a forecast of high deficits for peak hours.<\/a><\/p>\n According to the\u00a0Informative Note\u00a0<\/a>from the SEN on Saturday, January 31, 2026, the day before, the maximum impact due to generation capacity deficit was 1916 MW at 18:20.<\/p>\n