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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana

Scarce food and stifling homes: sputtering grid pushes Cuba nearer collapse

People stand listlessly on their balconies in Havana
Habaneros on their balconies escape the heat inside while waiting for power to return to the city. Photograph: Norlys Perez/Reuters

Dusk has become a particularly frenetic time in Havana, as Cuba prepared for a third night without electricity after repeated failed attempts to restart the national grid.

Long queues formed for bread in the capital earlier in the day. The previous night, people had emerged from humid homes to search for food, drink, news. “What’s the point of staying at home?” asked Alejandro Hernandez outside a bar in the neighbourhood of Vedado.

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