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Residents pass the time during a blackout following the failure of a major power plant in Havana, Cuba, October 19, 2024
Meanwhile, Nato foreign ministers debate increased weapons spending as police investigate the bloc’s purchases of military equipment
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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