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The story behind Cuba's economic dysfunction
This week, a powerful hurricane hit Cuba, causing nationwide electricity outages — right after a string of power failures ...
Will the lights go out on Cuba's communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer
These power failures form part of a larger economic crisis, the worst since 1991. Cuba burns oil to generate electricity and, ...
As Hurricane Rafael slams into Cuba, the island’s power grid is knocked out once more
Wednesday’s total blackout also follows a similar episode last month when the entire country lost power for several days.
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Experts: Cuba’s alliance with Russia not enough to give it entry to emerging-economies club
Viktor Koronelli, the Russian ambassador in Havana, recently told a Russian news agency that Cuba sent a formal ... the island’s inefficient centrally planned economy. Brazilian President ...
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Cuba fears total economic collapse
but with more than 10 percent of Cuba’s population having fled the economic crisis on the island in the past two years, there is skepticism whether the expertise remains to build such systems. US ...
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Cuban electrical collapse causes island-wide blackout, paralyzes economy
Cuba’s electrical system collapsed Friday, as mounting problems with a lack of oil and dilapidated infrastructure reached a crisis point, paralyzing the economy of the Communist nation.
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Will the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer
These power failures form part of a larger economic ... 1991. Cuba burns oil to generate electricity and, put simply, it cannot pay for the oil it needs, much less maintain the electric system.