How the U.S. Blockade Sabotaged Cuba’s Power Grid w/ Manolo De Los Santos

Manolo De Los Santos, the Co-Executive Director of The People’s Forum and a researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research discusses the total collapse of Cuba’s national power grid that left the country without electricity for several days. De Los Santos explains how the US’s brutal 60-year blockade has sabotaged the island’s power grid.

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[petergiaschi]

You'd think the USA would get tired. They've been trying to take down Cuba my entire life. and I'm not a young person. #VivaCubaLibre!

[El-Serg-MarihuanazoT]

I'm so glad I/you found you/each other because this type of information doesn't come out on mainstream media

[peace]

The US government should stay out of other countries business!

[MatanteDodo]

According to Granma International, Cuba has recently received ten million solar panels from China and is expecting almost twice as much soon, construction of 26 regional solar plants have begun and they should be operational within two years, and run at full capacity by 2031.
Immediate repairs to the current power plants are of course essential, but this will help reduce the load on older facilities and more local production will prevent widespread outages in the future.

[George-kot]

Cuba, now an associate member of BRICS, should be helped by having the U.S. sanctions broken and material brought in from member nations to build its infrastructure that has been hampered over 60 years of trade blockade and enemy action by the U.S.

[jamiemcintosh]

Biden, nor Harris, nor Trump will take Cuba off the list...

[hm-kqmq]

Thank you. People aren't talking about this enough. This is very important.

[El-Serg-MarihuanazoT]

"THEY have chosen that freedom is more precious than anything else and for that they're willing to live out the consequences"...very well put and very well said. So, we should end the U.S. sanctions now!

[rattylol]

Utter admiration for Cuba. Brava and good luck

[Dragon-mu]

Time for Russia and the Brics Nations to focus on saving Cuba. Go Away USA.

[GilbertEmoff]

Cuba and Haiti are the palistine for the British and Americans

[angelcalero]

Manolo, the problem is that Cubans here in the US don't put the blame on the US, is the same with Venezuelans and others

[WTFVIDSok]

Shame on THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN for not helping Cuba!!! Shame on Mexico, Central America & South America !!!

[amparoconsuelo]

Assuming that the cause is mismanagement, will the US leave Cuba alone to partner with other nations to solve its grid problem and ultimately to develop its economy?

[ZumaRoc]

Thank you for bringing and intellectual on this issue to the program. Many people are afraid of saying 90% of what he is saying.

[sojournertruth]

Over the decades, the small island of Cuba has always been willing to give humanitarian support and solidarity to African countries fighting for their sovereignty. We must support Cuba - via Cuba! via! and let's go BRICS. Cuba will never go back to imperialism

[gokaren]

USA needs to stop the bullying and stop destabilizing other countries. When I was a child, I remember family members would vacation in Cuba and loved it. Stay strong Cuba.

[aliciarodgers-rx]

The worst part is the Cuban Americans are not only not moving a finger to help, but they are part of the problems that Cuba are currently facing.
It is inhumane and unacceptable for this to be happening in our times.

[danielrota]

hopefully joining brics should free Cuba from the USA economic jugular

[Steinn]

“The majority of Cubans support Castro… the only foreseeable way to reduce his internal support is through disenchantment and dissatisfaction arising from economic unrest and material difficulties… all possible means must be quickly used to weaken the economic life of Cuba… a line of action that, being as skillful and discreet as possible, achieves the greatest advances in depriving Cuba of money and supplies, to reduce its financial resources and real wages, provoke hunger, despair and the overthrow of the Government.”

Memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mallory) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)

Washington, April 6, 1960.