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Matanzas

capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas

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  • Jul 11

    Cuba suffers second total power collapse in five days amid US fuel blockade

    A total grid collapse on Friday afternoon left Cuba without electricity for the second time in a week, deepening an energy crisis fueled by aging power plants and a US oil blockade.

  • Jun 7

    Foreign hotel chains and businesses flee Cuba as US sanctions on military conglomerate Gaesa take effect

    Major Spanish, Canadian and Indonesian hotel groups have abandoned operations in Cuba, forced by a 1 May US executive order targeting the military-run Gaesa conglomerate that controls a vast swath of the island's economy.

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