By Veronica VegaHAVANA TIMES – This lapidary phrase was uttered by a friend, completely shaken by the recent disruption of blackouts. And I thought: of course, it’s easier to fight against a dragon, like in those ancient legends that glorified a warrior’s courage. They call it UNE, the entity in charge of cutting and restoring electricity in Cuba. But what do you do if you don’t even have gas to cook, and the blackout comes unexpectedly, leaving food half-cooked? When I was a child in the 1970s, during blackouts we used kerosene lamps to light our way.