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| Power turned off at US diplomatic mission in Havana |
| 2006-06-13 |
| HAVANA: The US diplomatic mission in the Cuban capital has been without electricity for a week, an employee at the building said on Monday, in what may be the start of a new crisis in always tense relations between the two countries. "Sunday marked a week since we have had electricity. We are using a generator," the employee said. He said the State Department was expected to issue a statement later in the day. US diplomats and Cuban officials were not immediately available for comment. The US mission was denied power even as Cuba declared an end to the daily blackouts that have wreaked havoc on peoples' lives and the economy since 1991. Parliament was told on Saturday that hundreds of generators have been linked to the energy grid under a $1 billion programme. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 3dc is right. Tit for tat. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-13 11:19 |
| #3 Those generators will use twice as much fuel (and more expensive gasoline and diesel) than large thermal power plants. Socialist planning at its best. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-06-13 09:17 |
| #2 Cuba seems to be dead in the path of every hurricane I can remember, I'll bet the Cuban Embassy has a huge generator (I would have three, for backup and maintenance) with lots of diesel stored to run it. Also I remember a few weeks back Cuba stating that they were having a power shortage and were going to have to start rolling blackouts. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-06-13 08:44 |
| #1 Do the same at their UN mission. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-06-13 02:47 |