Protests break out in Havana as Cuba struggles to restore electricity
People sit outside their homes to get some air during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, July 6. "Our power plants are obsolete and there's no fuel."In some areas of Santa Fe, the power returned shortly after the pot-banging began, sending protesters scurrying to their homes to take advantage.According to both Cuban and U.S. officials, talks between the two nations have stagnated.U.S.
- ▪People sit outside their homes to get some air during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, July 6.
- ▪"Our power plants are obsolete and there's no fuel."In some areas of Santa Fe, the power returned shortly after the pot-banging began, sending protesters scurrying to their homes to take advantage.According to both Cuban and U.S. officials,
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People sit outside their homes to get some air during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, July 6. AP-YonhapHAVANA — Scattered protests broke out across Havana on Tuesday evening, with residents banging pots, honking horns and shouting "turn on the lights" as millions of Cubans remained without power amid a six-month-long U.S. fuel blockade.Cuba experienced a nationwide outage on Monday — its third this year — but while authorities said most of the country had been reconnected to the island's grid by late Tuesday, many remained in the dark and without electricity as the island doesn't have enough fuel.The country's grid operator UNE said it had reconnected the grid from Pinar del Rio, in far western Cuba, to Holguin in the east.
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