Electric power and water supply have experienced the same fate of housing and transportation. Constant blackouts and total or permanent lack of water supply have plagued the Cuban citizen, particularly after the end of the Soviet subsidy. These two infrastructure factors, that were never before Castro were in such a serious condition, have contributed to make the life of the average Cuban increasingly difficult, if not unbearable.

In addition, average Cubans experience constant blackouts and a total and permanent lack of water –never in such seriously short supply before Castro but particularly acute since the end of the Soviet subsidy. Such daily privation exacerbates an existence of substandard housing, long lines, and reduced rations.