Cuba replaces energy minister as hours-long blackouts stir unrest

[El Presidente]

Cuba replaces energy minister as hours-long blackouts stir unrest

Reuters

 

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Cuba´s communist-run government replaced its energy and mines minister with Vicente de la O Levy, head of the state-run electronics company, official media reported on Monday, as the country struggles to contain hours-long blackouts that have stirred rare protests across the island.

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[HarveyBoulevard]

That should fix it…

[Nevrknow]

Fire someone that had absolutely no control over what happened. Yea! That will buy us some time. Damn that sounds familiar huh? 

[Fezztone]

Fired or disappeared?

[NSXCIGAR]

Yeah, walked into 5ta y 16th at 2pm today and everyone including old man Robaina was sitting around in the dark. 

[Fuzz AI]

Replaced the Energy Minister with the head of the state run electronics company?

Miguel - "Vincente! You are not doing your job of running the state's electronics company!"

Vincente - "But Presidente, I have no electricity!

Miguel - "Ok, you're the new Energy Minister, go get some electricity! And I want productivity up next week!!"

Vincente - " 😧 "

[vladdraq]

LOL @Fuzz 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this reminds me the little story how Che got to be the minister of industries.

"A late night meeting of the Cuban leadership towards the end of 1959. Fidel Castro looks around the room and asks for “a good economist” to become the president of the National Bank of Cuba. Half asleep, Ernesto “Che” Guevara raises his hand. Castro replied with surprise: “Che, I didn’t know you were a good economist”, to which Guevara exclaimed: “Oh, I thought you asked for a good communist!”

[Cigar Surgeon]

We've done nothing, that didn't fix it, we ran out of ideas so we fired the energy minister. 

[ha_banos]

Sounds just like UK Tory party.