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The ashes of murdered Cuban musician superstar El Taiger are being flown to Cuba today for a private funeral, according to an announcement by the Cuban Institute of Music.
Classes remain suspended and many workplaces to stay shut until Monday now as Cuba recovers from nation wide power outages and impacts of Hurricane Oscar. cubadebate.cu/noticias/2024/…
Just in: The White House is “closely monitoring” blackouts in Cuba, and while the Cuban government hasn’t asked the US for support, WH press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden admin did not rule out sending assistance if they did.
Cuba’s energy crisis explained. m.youtube.com/shorts/tK2L8S9…
Electricity restored in many places in Havana this morning after another total blackout. Parts of Old/Centro Havana, Vedado, El Cerro and Playa have power. The challenge is whether officials can keep the lights on while restoring service to more areas.
A stark warning from Cuban President Diaz-Canel to Cubans who have protested days long power outages, “We are not going to allow acts of vandalism and much less alter the tranquility of our people. That’s a conviction, a principle of our revolution.”
📍| Sobre hechos puntuales de desorden público que se han dado en La Habana, el Presidente aclaró que existen los mecanismos para dar respuesta a cualquier inquietud, pero “no vamos a permitir hechos vandálicos y mucho menos alterar la tranquilidad ciudadana de nuestro pueblo”.
Cubans carrying water in Miraflores neighborhood of Havana. No power means no water, an increasingly dangerous situation.
Just hours after Cuba’s Minister of Energy and Mines spoke at length to media about huge effort 52,000 workers are making to restore power in Cuba and expressed confidence they would get the job done soon, all of the island again is in the dark this afternoon.
Just in: Cuba’s power grid collapsed again on Sunday afternoon, the 4th time all electricity has been lost on the island as Cubans deal with more than three days of constant blackouts.
School cancelled in Cuba until Thursday as the island deals with massive power outage and arrival of Hurricane Oscar, the government announced Sunday.
Three days of no power in Cuba and people asking to store medications in fridges of those with generators (mine on the fritz unfortunately at the moment). Cubans preparing for this crisis to last for some time longer.
The view from my roof top this morning as Cuba enters a third day of no power. Other than those with generators, everyone still in the dark.
Another full power outage about five hours ago and again the entire country of Cuba plunged into darkness. Few updates from state outlets or officials since then.
Screams of joy as power comes back on for my street in Havana following a 36 hour blackout. Hope it lasts and others still in the dark are reconnected soon as well.
Some neighborhoods reporting power coming back slowly but most of Cuba remains in the dark. cnn.com/2024/10/19/wor…
Lines for bread in Havana as Cubans wait for the power to return.
It’s now been over 24 hours since the power went out in Cuba. Officials were briefly able to restore service in some places before another black out struck. Most of the ten million people who live here have been without power since yesterday morning if not longer.
Now parts of Eastern Cuba under Tropical Storm warning.
Tropical Storm #Oscar Advisory 1: Small Tropical Storm Oscar Forms Just East of the Turks And Caicos Islands. Tropical Storm Warnings in Effect For the Southeast Bahamas And Northeastern Provinces of Cuba. hurricanes.gov
A new nationwide blackout hit Cuba on Saturday. edition.cnn.com/2024/10/19/ame…
Breaking: Cuba suffered another nationwide power outage Saturday morning just hours after officials said power was slowly being restored.
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