00:00Cuba's blackouts are endangering its most vulnerable.
00:12Yuri Batancourt and his mother Elena have been trying to deal with constant blackouts
00:17due to Cuba's years-long fuel shortage.
00:19That's on top of Elena's medical care.
00:21She suffered a stroke three years ago and Yuri is taking care of her,
00:25even learning physiotherapy exercises on YouTube to help with her recovery.
00:30Since the beginning of the year, Cuba has been going through the most severe energy crisis in recent decades.
00:35After a brief relief due to the arrival of Russian crude oil, the blackouts came back fast.
00:40The island imports more than half of its fuel needs.
00:42Without enough oil, some areas are seeing blackouts of up to 20 hours per day.
01:06The Cuban government is hoping for Chinese help to build solar panels to stabilize its energy supply.
01:13Meanwhile, Cubans are already mounting panels on their own roofs.
01:34At Yuri's house, every power outage forces them to rethink the basics.
01:38No puedes conservar mucho los alimentos, porque como no hay corriente, tienes que vivir al día.
01:43Ahora mismo me alumbro con esto.
01:45¿Ves aquí?
01:46Es de pila, o sea, tengo que estar comprando pila constantemente. No es recargable.
01:50No es recargable.
01:50No es recargable.
01:50No es recargable.
01:51Obrigado.
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