Protests around Cuba continue
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According to Cuban authorities, about 45% of electricity service has been restored nationwide, but roughly half the country remains without power. Reports indicate that more than 150 protests have taken place across the island this month alone.
Cuba entered its 10th consecutive day of protests Monday as demonstrations against power outages, water shortages and worsening living conditions.
A rally against power cuts and food shortages appeared to begin peacefully in the city of Moron before turning violent in the early Saturday morning, a state-run newspaper reported.
Dramatic footage appears to show protester on the ground after alleged gunfire as crowds attack Communist Party building in Cuba, chanting 'Freedom!' amid crisis.
A group of residents of a city in central Cuba took to the streets early Saturday and partially destroyed the local headquarters of the ruling communist party.
Protesters took to the streets in a night of violent unrest in Cuba as demonstrators chanted “down with communism” and attacked Communist party offices — in a rare showing of public defiance
Marco Rubio links U.S. sanctions on Cuba to political change as the island nation faces widespread blackouts and economic crisis affecting millions of citizens.
A protest in the city of Morón in central Cuba culminated in fiery vandalism at the local Communist Party headquarters.
Videos on socia media show residents walking and at times running through the streets of Morón, in the province of Ciego de Avila, shouting anti-government slogans in the middle of a blackout late night Friday and early morning Saturday,
Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies" and "also with Cubans residing in the United States and their descendants," Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga said in an interview in Havana.