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Activists renew call for an end to the US blockade against Cuba as the Caribbean nation suffers electricity blackout
Residents pass the time during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, October 19, 2024
ACTIVISTS renewed calls today for an end to the 64-year-old US blockade of Cuba after the government said that the restricitions were hampering efforts to fix a massive power cut.
About half of the socialist island was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening, followed by all of it the following morning, after a power plant failed.
Havana’s electricity company said in a statement on Saturday that part of its western system had been disconnected “after the exit of one of the plants that was delivering service.”
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