Protests in Cuba erupt after days without power following Hurricane Ian

Protests erupted in Cuba after Hurricane Ian caused the island’s electric grid to collapse leaving most Cubans without power since Tuesday.

Protests erupted in Cuba Thursday night as most of the island endured nearly three full days without power due the damage caused by Hurricane Ian.

Small groups of people took to the streets and banged on pots in different parts of Havana and other provinces throughout the island.

On Friday morning, the Energy and Mines Ministry said that 60% of the capital, Havana, and 88% of the Mayabeque province had power restored. But most of the country of about 11 million was still without electricity.

In the western part of the island, which took a direct hit Tuesday, Cuba’s power company is unable to say when the lights could be back on. Winds of 125 miles per hour ripped down thousands of electric poles, high tension towers and transformers.

Downed power lines and branches line a street after Hurricane Ian, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Sept. 27, 2022.Ramon Espinosa / APInternet connections were disrupted across the island between 9 p.m. Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday. Government officials have not said what caused the outage. But mobile phones and landlines have been unreliable since the country’s power grid collapsed.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/protests-cuba-erupt-days-power-hurricane-ian-rcna50214


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