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Power turned off at US diplomatic mission in Havana
HAVANA: The US diplomatic mission in the Cuban capital has been without electricity for a week, an employee at the building said on Monday, in what may be the start of a new crisis in always tense relations between the two countries. "Sunday marked a week since we have had electricity. We are using a generator," the employee said. He said the State Department was expected to issue a statement later in the day. US diplomats and Cuban officials were not immediately available for comment. The US mission was denied power even as Cuba declared an end to the daily blackouts that have wreaked havoc on peoples' lives and the economy since 1991. Parliament was told on Saturday that hundreds of generators have been linked to the energy grid under a $1 billion programme. Posted by: Fred 2006-06-13 |
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