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Cuba edges toward breakdown as power cuts and US meddling push society to brink
Cuba is experiencing frequent power grid collapses, with the system failing for the third time in 10 days, amid a six-month US-imposed oil blockade. The blockade, part of a campaign to destabilize the communist government, has exacerbated existing infrastructure issues, leading to societal unrest and growing tensions.
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