Manny Ramirez

Persevering Apagones: The Cuban Way is the Human Way

Neighbors prepare and share a collective stew in the Buenavista neighborhood of Havana during nationwide power outages. Photo credit: Frangel De la Torre Núñez, On Cuba News.

The idea that the Cuban government does not ask for or accept help because it is uninterested in supporting its own people is a harmful myth that distracts from the central role of the U.S. blockade in fueling Cuba’s power failures.