Power infrastructure failure cuba

[Alistair_Heaton]

‘There is no money’: Cuba fears total collapse amid grid failure and financial crisis

Repeated blackouts leave residents concerned about food, water supply and Cuba’s future

www.theguardian.com

Lack of maintenance and zero capital investment.

 

[davidbeach]

And the expected result of that is...?

 

[FacEngrPE]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/26/cuba-power-grid-failure-financial-crisis

the guardian
Antonio Guiteras was built in 1989, and is now battered and obsolete. “The truth is that it was built rotten,” said the engineer. He told harrowing stories of working with faulty safety equipment, political management who would disappear when problems arose and a system long pushed to its limit.

“There was a scheduled maintenance programme, but it was never followed,” he said. “The requirements were too tight. We were told: ‘The factory has to produce, so patch it up.’”

And now there is no money to pay for the backlog of maintenance or the fuel.

Engineering can't pick up the pieces when there are no resources other than "Pointing Fingers".

 

[3DDave]

Might as well point at the impoverished around you where their car broke down and they haven't money to pay for repairs.

Puerto Rico has similar problems and is backed by the most powerful nation in the world.

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

I would be concerned in the area about the amount of contamination which could occur through various sources and substances.

 

[ALK2415]

These are Rich countries (southern of US) filled with natural resources and smart dedicated people.
The reason is obvious:
Putting/changing/manipulating rolling governments of such countries only controlled/done by "One Player" and he enjoy seeing others miseries/struggling, so others would say "socialism systems are bad"

 

[dik]

...and for socialist countries, look at what China has accomplished in the last 50 years. They have brought a billion of their citizens out of poverty. Their infrastructure in some instances far exceeds that of the US.

 

[3DDave]

I wish I could make a knee-jerk reaction that China is at a C or D level in comparison except so much infrastructure in the US has an F rating.

Examples: Washington Bridge in Rhode Island; Fern Hallow Bridge in Pittsburgh.

 

[dik]

I would suggest that a lot of their infrastructure is at an A or B level, not C or D. Their streets are safe and clean.

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

Cuba’s national grid collapses leaving millions without electricity

Blackouts reported across country as government grapples with economic crisis, fuel shortages and hurricanes

www.theguardian.com

Seems it's happed today.

 

[LittleInch]

Appears to be remarkedly similar to this one back in October. The report does say this (Nationwide black out) has happened "multiple times" in / since October.

Cuba suffers complete blackout after national electrical power grid fails

Most businesses were closed on Friday as officials blamed deteriorating infrastructure and fuel shortages for failure

www.theguardian.com

Not really sure how Cuba gets out of this one. Venezuela doesn't have spare Oil, Russia can't get it to them and has no money either, The US sanctions continue or get worse with Trump and the government is bankrupt.

It looks like various parties, predominantly USSR up to 1991 and then Venezuela from 1999 to 2019, essentially provided about $4-5 Bn in aid, cheap oil or an export market for sugar, with the US doing that up to 1959. But now there is no one to do that. Unless China sees a way in????

Will be intereting ot see how it goes.