From our Bureau of Caribbean Socialist Utopias with some assistance from our Seven Plagues of Castrogonia Bureau

Yesterday, we posted a story on the dire situation in Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city (population 442,000). Today we focus on the capital city of Havana, where a much larger number of Cubans are living in absolute misery (population 2,163,824). The list of out-of-control crises that plague Havana is very long, and the sad truth is that Castro, Inc. doesn’t have the resources –or even worse — the will to fix any of them.

Constant blackouts, water shortages, mountains of trash on the streets, crumbling and damaged buildings, lack of public transportation, shortages of just about everything except repression. Lord have mercy. The potential for even greater disasters is very high and as things continue to fall apart, the natives are becoming increasingly restless. Stay tuned.

From Cuba Headlines

Two weeks have passed since Hurricane Rafael swept by, yet Havana remains in disarray. Thousands are still grappling with water shortages and heaps of trash and debris across the city, even though the storm did not directly hit the capital. On Monday, the Provincial Defense Council convened and, following the meeting, officials released a statement indicating that many Habaneros continue to face interruptions in water supply, frequent power outages, and communal hygiene issues.

The situation is particularly dire regarding access to clean water, impacting over 115,000 residents, primarily in the city’s western areas. Failures in the Cosculluela system have exacerbated these issues. Authorities have promised improvements by Tuesday, but similar assurances have been made previously without tangible outcomes.