How long must we endure this?

Hoy estuvimos casi todo el día sin luz, recién llego hace poco, no solo eso tambien se fue la señal del celular inmediatamente, yo me asuste mucho porque las ultimas veces que ha pasado esas dos cosas al mismo tiempo siempre es una tragedia, pero no paso nada raro solo fue un día mas en el que nos quitan la luz sin motivo alguno, normalmente suele pasar: Cuando hay mucho sol, cuando llueve (INCLUSO SEA UNA LLOVIZNA) o cuando hay mucho viento y adivinen qué? NADA de eso paso hoy jaja.

Today we were without power for most of the day. It just came back on a little while ago. Not only that, but our cell phone signal went out immediately. I was really scared because the last few times those two things happened at the same time, it was always a tragedy. But nothing strange happened. It was just another day when they cut off our power for no reason. It usually happens: When it's very sunny, when it rains (EVEN IF IT'S JUST A DRIZZLE), or when it's very windy. And guess what? None of that happened today, haha.

Es bastante frustrante pausar tu día por que la luz se fue, cosas que tenias que hacer simplemente te obligan a no hacerlas, por ejemplo, llevábamos una semana sin agua ya nuestras reservas se estaban acabando, recién llego ayer y hoy la iban a quitar temprano (Sí, últimamente nos dejan el agua un solo día) y justo estaba lavando cuando se fue la luz.

It's quite frustrating to have to pause your day because the power went out, forcing you to stop doing things you had to do. For example, we had been without water for a week and our reserves were running low. It just arrived yesterday, and today they were going to turn it off early (yes, lately they only leave us water for one day), and I was washing clothes when the power went out.

veo muchos cambios en mi país pero a la vez parecen noticias ficticias que nunca realmente van a tener un impacto positivo en la población real, la que día a día sufre de hambre, sin luz, sin dinero, sin agua. Se que los cambios no se hacen de la noche a la mañana pero siento que en vez de mejorar todo empeoro, de muchas formas.

I see many changes in my country, but at the same time they seem like fake news that will never really have a positive impact on the actual population, who suffer every day from hunger, without electricity, without money, without water. I know that changes don't happen overnight, but I feel that instead of improving, everything is getting worse in many ways.

Es increíble como nos dejan sin luz ni servicios básicos por horas e incluso días, y ni se te ocurra retrasarte un poco con el pago de la luz porque inmediatamente te lo cortan, a pesar de que pasaste muchos dias sin el servicio.

It's unbelievable how they leave us without electricity or basic services for hours or even days, and don't even think about being a little late with your electricity bill because they'll cut you off immediately, even though you've gone many days without service.

A veces recuerdo mi pasado como un sueño, como si fuese algo que no paso, aquellos días donde no me preocupaba por llenar tobos con litros de agua para sobrevivir una semana, donde podía tomar agua en cualquier momento y la cantidad que quisiese, cuando la luz solo se iba en momentos extremos como cuando había alguna tormenta muy fuerte. Me preocupa que hemos vivido tantos años acostumbrándonos a esto que ya se convirtió en nuestra realidad y normalidad, que nos olvidamos de que esto NO ES NORMAL.

Sometimes I remember my past as if it were a dream, as if it were something that never happened, those days when I didn't have to worry about filling buckets with liters of water to survive a week, when I could drink water anytime and as much as I wanted, when the power only went out in extreme situations, such as during a very strong storm. I am concerned that we have lived so many years getting used to this that it has become our reality and normality, that we forget that this is NOT NORMAL.