The Cuban Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, appeared on state television to justify the distribution of power outages across the country. Current Energy Crisis DeepensThe minister's statements sharply contrast with the extensive energy collapse affecting the island. De la O Levy's claim that the issues are mere "errors" rather than inequality contradicts documented data from several provinces. In Holguín, residential circuits received only three hours of service for every 39 or 40 hours of outages. A video broadcast by TV Cubana featured an on-screen caption summarizing the situation with a diminutive phrase: "THERE'S A TINY ENERGY RESERVE."