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On 17 March and 18 March 2024, blackouts alongside a poor harvest and food shortages [29] [6] [30] caused [7] [8] widespread protests primarily in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second largest city, during which three people were arrested. [5] [31] Cuba accused the government of the United States of stirring up unrest, an accusation that the United ...
As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell. Cuban government statistics tell the story: Earlier this ...
The implications for Cuba are clear. With tourism now the island’s principal economic motor, and the main source of foreign currency earnings after remittances, that an important tour operator ...
Photos shared by Zara Hull and her family show the moment Hull and Kaylie Pitze say they became unconscious after drinking the tainted water on Aug. 1. Hull and a group of friends were in Cancun ...
Lightning struck a fuel tank, causing an explosion. Black smoke from the ensuing fire spread up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) towards Cuba's capital city of Havana. Subsequent to the first explosion, the fire spread to several other fuel tanks at the facility, destroying significant amounts of fuel. [1]
Cuba is the largest and most populated island in the Caribbean yet consistently experiences the lowest death tolls during hurricane season. [5] According to United Nations, it's not because Cubans are lucky but because they're prepared. [6] According to Oxfam, from 1996 to 2002, only 16 people were killed by the six hurricanes that struck Cuba. [7]
The grid collapsed on Wednesday afternoon as Rafael tore across Cuba with top winds of 115 mph (185 kph), damaging homes, uprooting trees and toppling telephone poles.
Photos show aftermath of Hurricane Rafael in Cuba A man pushes a scooter as Hurricane Rafael passes by Havana, Cuba, Nov. 6, 2024. A tourist from China tries to hold his umbrella as Hurricane ...