Cuba Faces Deepening Fuel and Electricity Shortages, Citizens Adapt

Havana. As fuel and electricity shortages deepen in Cuba, ordinary people are adopting new ways to manage their daily lives. Amidst prolonged power outages, methods for charging mobile phones, saving food, and operating transportation are going viral on social media.

Dayan Marrero, a computer science student and content creator in Havana, has been making videos about domestic solutions to cope with power outages. One of his videos, demonstrating how to build a homemade antenna to catch weak mobile network signals, has been viewed nearly 800,000 times.