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Mar 16, 2025
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Most Cubans were still without power on Saturday, a day after the latest widespread electric outage to hit the cash-strapped Caribbean country.
It was the first widespread blackout of 2025 and the fourth outage over the past six months on this island of 9.7 million inhabitants.
Cuba has been suffering through an economic crisis marked by widespread food and fuel shortages, and it struggles with an aging electric system.
The authorities said Saturday that parallel circuits were...
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