The crisis unfolding in Cuba today extends far beyond its current socio-political context. Shortages of fuel, medicine and essential goods, rising inflation, mass emigration and recurring power outages have turned everyday life into a condition of permanent instability. Two words have come to define contemporary Cuba: bloqueo and apagones. The former refers to the United States economic embargo; the latter to the recurring blackouts that shape daily life, fragmenting the experience of time and turning waiting into a permanent condition.
