00:00A widespread blackout swept across Havana and much of Western Cuba on Wednesday, cutting electricity to millions on the island already grappling with chronic power shortages and a deepening economic crisis.
00:16For many residents, the blackout was another blow in a string of hardships.
00:20The thermal electric plants are always breaking down. I have two children, so this is very bad.
00:30This country is in a very bad shape. To get food is very difficult. This is very hard.
00:37Cuba's prolonged energy problems reflect the wider economic crisis, crippling the country, intensified by the pandemic,
00:43which devastated tourism industry, tighter U.S. sanctions and a failed monetary reform intended to unify the currency.
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