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Millions left without power after major blackout hits Cuba

As night fell, people across Havana lingered on doorsteps and used wood or charcoal to prepare “caldosas,” a popular soup shared among neighbors who contribute items including vegetables, chicken and meat. A group of musicians along the city’s famed seawall played into the night.

Others played dominoes by a rechargeable lightbulb.

Why maintain equipment that only perpetuates the earth’s agony?

Daily, prolonged outages have become so common in Cuba that 66-year-old Genoveva Torres was waiting for power to return at night as usual to cook dinner. She was perturbed when told about the massive blackout.

“My God, until when?” she exclaimed. “Then we won’t eat. We’ll have to eat bread again.”

State media reported that the outage was caused by a shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant east of Havana following a leak in its boiler.