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Electricity Blackout Puts Cubans on Edge
France24 ^ | 10/18/2024 | Staff

Posted on 10/19/2024 8:26:48 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods

"It's not only the lack of electricity but also of gas and water," she told AFP, 11 hours after the unplanned shutdown of Cuba's main thermal power plant triggered the collapse of the country's grid.

With a frown, she said her "generation wants to continue trusting" in the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power, but her "resilience has limits".

Cuba is in the throes of its worst economic crisis in 30 years, marked by sky-high inflation and shortages of food, medicine, fuel and water.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: communism; cuba; economiccrisis; electricity; food; fuel; gas; medicine; socialists; water
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Ah, the joys of collectivism, the Democrats' dream.
1 posted on 10/19/2024 8:26:48 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods
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Ain’t Communism great ?


2 posted on 10/19/2024 8:27:58 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: SaxxonWoods

Coming soon to Kamala’s America?


3 posted on 10/19/2024 8:29:49 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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Communism ( the goal of socialists ), it has been said, is milking the cow you refuse to feed.
4 posted on 10/19/2024 8:30:48 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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Hey, with all those college degrees you’d think SOMEBODY could figure it out. 🤷


5 posted on 10/19/2024 8:30:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: SaxxonWoods

El Presidenté probably has his own generators.


6 posted on 10/19/2024 8:32:02 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: SaxxonWoods
With a frown, she said her "generation wants to continue trusting" in the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power, but her "resilience has limits".

Geez, lady - get a clue!

7 posted on 10/19/2024 8:32:11 AM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: SaxxonWoods
How are Cuba and Mars alike?


8 posted on 10/19/2024 8:32:46 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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This from the same country that makes people use rain water if they want to wash their 70 year old American made cars.


9 posted on 10/19/2024 8:33:47 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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How did they notice the blackout ?


10 posted on 10/19/2024 8:35:02 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Col Frank Slade

😀😀😀😀😀


11 posted on 10/19/2024 8:39:16 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Communism works!!! I SWEAR TO G-D IT’LL WORK IF WE JUST GIVE IT A CHANCE!! Been hearing this for as far back as I can remember


12 posted on 10/19/2024 8:39:57 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Laiken Riley is my daughter!)
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How did they notice the blackout ?

North Korea called and said, “Hey you look just like us at night!”


13 posted on 10/19/2024 8:43:20 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (.You will suffer from one: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. )
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To: Col Frank Slade

no electricity is the new normal


14 posted on 10/19/2024 8:49:52 AM PDT by xp38
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To: V_TWIN

Hey, they are in forefront of saving the planet through less use of everything that keeps them alive.


15 posted on 10/19/2024 8:55:41 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (.You will suffer from one: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. )
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16 posted on 10/19/2024 8:56:12 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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California has similar blackouts, Cuba and California have similar governments


17 posted on 10/19/2024 9:04:08 AM PDT by srmanuel ( that )
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Cuba is in the throes of its worst economic crisis in 30 years, marked by sky-high inflation and shortages of food, medicine, fuel and water.

Yet, many college students point to Cuba as a successful example of Socialism. I think such students should do a year abroad in such countries as part of their major.

18 posted on 10/19/2024 9:09:47 AM PDT by econjack
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North Korea called and said, “Hey you look just like us at night!”


A few years back we flew over Cuba on the way to Costa Rica. I was struck then by how few lights we saw flying over the island.


19 posted on 10/19/2024 9:15:06 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: SaxxonWoods

The lack of electricity, food, gasoline, and other modern conveniences is not new to the Cubans. When the Russian and East Germans departed, Cuba was left to its own devices without any of those things for years. Their complaint about these shortages now is a measure of how far they have come since.


20 posted on 10/19/2024 9:27:26 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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