Cuba: Hurricane Oscar causes havoc amid massive power outage in Havana

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Cuba's capital is facing massive blackouts and protests after Hurricane Oscar left six dead and worsened the nation's energy crisis, causing widespread unrest.

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00:00Heavy rainfall swept across Cuba as tropical storm Oscar made landfall. It comes as the

00:08country's capital has been largely paralyzed by massive blackouts, leaving 10 million people

00:14without electricity.

00:24The power outage caused unrest for many. Cuba is in the middle of an economic crisis and

00:30many already suffer from food, water, medicine and fuel shortages. As a result, the prolonged

00:36blackouts led to a handful of small protests.

01:02The Cuban government has a low tolerance for civil disobedience and President Miguel Diaz-Ganel

01:08warned protesters that they would not allow any vandalism.

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