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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana

‘There will be more failures’: frustration as Cuba’s infrastructure crumbles

People protest the lack of power in the aftermath Hurricane Ian in Havana, on September 1, 2022.
The countrywide blackout led to small-scale protests, with residents taking to the streets to bang pans. Photograph: Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images

Yamile Sánchez leaned from her colonial-era window into the street in central Havana, a large pile of avocados visible behind her. “The damage used to be sorted out much faster,” she said. “Even when the storms were worse.”

The avocados, dusty green in contrast to Sanchez’s worn blue shutters, each had a bruise on one side. They had fallen during the passage of Hurricane Ian last week, as had Cuba’s entire electricity grid.

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