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Cuba's power grid collapses again. Why does this keep happening?
NPR ^ | 10/19/2024 | Emily Green

Posted on 10/19/2024 11:04:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin

While the causes of the crisis are multifaceted, the country-wide blackout is a new low for the government — and those Cubans still living on the island. Amid growing desperation, an unprecedented number of Cubans are trying to migrate to the U.S. by any means possible. The island has lost an estimated 10 percent of its population over the last three years.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: castrosfault; communism; cuba; cubans; electricity; hurricane; immigration; npr; poweroutages
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To: jmacusa

Exactly.


21 posted on 10/19/2024 12:13:35 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: BenLurkin

Everybody knows it’s because they don’t have enough windmills and solar panels.


22 posted on 10/19/2024 12:42:50 PM PDT by webheart
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To: BenLurkin

“Why does this keep happening?”

Well, of course, everyone knows that it is because of the decadent, Capitalist society 90 miles to their North! It cannot possibly be the fault of communism! /s


23 posted on 10/19/2024 1:01:42 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star! ;-))
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To: BenLurkin

viva la communistas.


24 posted on 10/19/2024 1:04:12 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: BenLurkin

Isn’t 300 words the excerpt limit?


25 posted on 10/19/2024 2:31:33 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: BenLurkin

And they All move
To Miami


26 posted on 10/19/2024 2:43:51 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (Kimber .45 Be Kind.)
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To: BenLurkin

Why does this keep happening?

Is this a trick question?

Ask Maggie Thatcher.


27 posted on 10/19/2024 3:17:54 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: BenLurkin

Why does this happen?

Why can’t a socialist state keep the lights on?

I think the question answers itself.


28 posted on 10/19/2024 3:32:48 PM PDT by Tzimisce ( )
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To: BenLurkin

It is a socialist country and the government runs the power grid and everything else. That is all the explanation needed.


29 posted on 10/19/2024 4:40:21 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe g)
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