Most video blogs I watch make the country look better than I expected. Bald and Bankrupt visited Cuba years ago and it was worse than I expected. In short, little electricity, running water, food. ....
https://youtu.be/Sn0fKNy_Pgk?list=LLCUBA Has Collapsed
Having travelled to Cuba, one of my tasks was replacing electric wiring, wall switches, and outlets at a ministry center. Nothing had been upgraded since the mid 1950's - before the Castro regime. As a byproduct of the work, I checked the current at various times of the day. What didn't surprise me was the voltage varied from 100 volts to 118 volts and the power cycled from 59 Hz to a low of 50 Hz at a location in the general Havana region. A complete lack of power for 12-14 hours per day is one thing, but low voltage and unstable Hz is another. Anything with an electric motor is first to burn out - refrigerators, electric fans, air conditioners, power tools, etc. Unstable current also affects the life and performance of electronics like computers and televisions. An economy cannot be sustained with oxcarts, bicycles, candles, and kerosine stoves. For the regime, control of the masses requires control of the media that requires power to run TVs and radios. That is all collapsing for the general population, as well as the privileged elites: politicians, state security, and the military who require electronics to monitor and control the masses.
