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Cubans sleep on Havana's seaside boulevard to seek relief from crippling blackouts and summer heat
Cuba suffered its sixth islandwide blackout this year. The nation has been in crisis since the Trump administration affectively cut it off from oil in January.
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Cuba suffered its sixth islandwide blackout this year. The nation has been in crisis since the Trump administration affectively cut it off from oil in January.
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According to PBS News’s linked report, Cubans sleep on Havana’s seaside boulevard to seek relief from crippling blackouts and summer heat, Cuba suffered its sixth islandwide blackout this year. The nation has been in crisis since the Trump administration affectively cut it off from oil in January.
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