Cuba advances in electricity recovery with support from Venezuela

Published at: 16/11/2025 04:30 PM

Two weeks after the impact of Hurricane Melissa in the provinces of eastern Cuba, joint brigades of technicians from Venezuela and this Caribbean island are carrying out the rehabilitation of the electricity service in the municipality of Guamá, Santiago de Cuba, to benefit more than 34,000 affected inhabitants, as part of a cooperation effort framed in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Treaty of People's Commerce (ALBA-TCP).

Solidarity between the two peoples is materialized in a true “hurricane of love” that accelerates the rehabilitation of electrical networks, one of the services most damaged by the meteorological event, the Telesur website reported.

Professionals in the sector carry out daily feats to restore energy in the shortest possible time.

The joint effort is a testament to regional brotherhood. “We work hard, under the sun, to return energy to families,” said the Cuban electrical worker, Jorge Hairon Figueredo Mauri. At his side, the Venezuelan supervisor, Freddy Fabrega, highlighted the satisfaction of sharing efforts in challenging scenarios.

Fábrega described the tasks as complex because of the level of damage caused to infrastructure by the meteorological phenomenon, and assured that it is being carried out with domestic and other materials from his country. In the midst of the destruction, priority is given to the most vulnerable, densely populated areas where basic services are located for the population.

National and local authorities have given the highest priority to these works. “Every pole raised reflects the strength of cooperation,” said Iscander Morales Suárez, director of the Artemisa Electric Company, who is in charge of the Ciro Redondo Electric Contingent deployed in the area.

Between cables and transformers, the local population is grateful for the delivery of the linemen. The resident of Guamá, Erisney García Rojas, said that these bonds of brotherhood “illuminate much more than homes: they illuminate the hope of a people.”

This cooperation is a tangible example of ALBA's mutual aid mechanisms.

Mazo News Team