2026 Cuban energy crisis

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2026 Cuban energy crisis has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Ana VillafañeActor who read Eileen Sosin Martínez's essay about Havana; one line in this label belongs to Clea

  • The essay reported that officials blamed uncollected garbage on a lack of fuel and spare parts for garbage trucks.

    “According to officials, there's no gas for garbage trucks, which, to top things off, break down with no replacement parts available”

    This American Life: 892: Trapped on a Bus (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 27:25

  • In Sosin Martínez's essay, read by Villafañe, Havana residents were said to receive only about three to five hours of electricity per day.

    “We are barely getting three hours of electricity a day. Five at most”

    This American Life: 892: Trapped on a Bus (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 23:41

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Podcasts

Episodes

  • 892: Trapped on a Bus

    This American Life · Jul 20, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Guest host David Kestenbaum presents stories of unwanted journeys: a runaway bus, a neighbor-spy and bipolar paranoia, Havana blackouts, the Sycamore Gap felling, and an in-flight bite.