Cuba: Matanzas town without power for month after oil theft; regime fails to act

Residents of Pedro Betancourt, Matanzas, have been without electricity for nearly a month after theft of dielectric oil from a substation. The Cuban government has charged the perpetrators with sabotage but has not implemented preventive measures, leaving the community in the dark. This highlights chronic infrastructure fragility and governance failure in Cuba, though the broader economic impact is limited.