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Cuba sees rare protests amid power cuts and food shortages

Cuba is experiencing severe economic and energy crises, leading to widespread blackouts, food shortages, and inflation. Many residents are protesting these challenges on the streets.
Due to the long hours of power outages, frustrated people chanted "Electricity and food" during the protests. Videos of these demonstrations were shared on various social media platforms.
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have migrated, with many heading to the United States to seek better opportunities amidst the challenging conditions on the communist-governed island.

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BBC News

Cubans stage rare protest over power blackouts

Hundreds of people take to the streets in Santiago after being left in the dark for 14 hours.

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Cuba blames US for stoking protests amid power cuts and food shortages

US embassy says ‘absurd’ to suggest Washington behind protests in Santiago de Cuba led by parents struggling to feed their childrenThe Cuban government has summoned US ambassador Benjamin Ziff to its foreign ministry, accusing Washington of stoking a protest which saw hundreds of people take to the streets in the island’s second city of Santiago de Cuba.The demonstration late on Sunday was a rare public show of disenchantment against Cuba’s comm…

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages

HAVANA — Cuba’s government on Monday protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in

1 month ago·United States

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abc News

Cuba protests US comments following protests against power blackouts, food shortages

Cuba’s government has protested as interventionist comments from the U.S. Embassy on the island following demonstrations against power blackouts and food shortages by hundreds of people in eastern Cuba

1 month ago·United States

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CNN

Cuba sees rare protests amid power cuts and food shortages

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that his government is willing to engage with protesters after hundreds of Cubans partook in rare public protests at the weekend to decry worsening conditions on the island.

1 month ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Protest erupts in eastern Cuba amid blackouts, food shortages

HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds in Cuba's second-largest city, Santiago, took to the streets late Sunday in a rare public protest, according to social media and official reports, and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called for an "atmosphere of tranquility and peace." Read full story

1 month ago·Malaysia

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