At least six people have died in Cuba due to the passage of Hurricane ‘Oscar’, which made landfall 24 hours ago in the eastern part of the island, a meteorological phenomenon that has coincided with the chain of blackouts which has left a large part of the Caribbean country without supply since Friday.
«Emergency in Imías and San Antonio del Sur (east). According to preliminary data, there are 6 deaths in historically dry lands. (The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba) FAR and the Ministry of the Interior lead rescues in those Guantanamo municipalities, where there are areas still inaccessible. All of Cuba based on Guantánamo,” announced the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, through his profile on the social network X.
The president will not go to the BRICS summit
The president has also explained that given this situation he has decided to cancel his participation in the BRICS summit, which is being held this week in the Russian city of Kazan. “For Cuba, it represents a very high honor to be able to participate in this summit (…) In the BRICS, we feel a very favorable environment, a country like ours that has been constantly besieged by imperial policy,” he expressed.
That is why the Cuban delegation will be represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, who will be the one to meet with the presidents of Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, respectively, among other meetings with heads of state and governments. that were scheduled.
Protests over the blackout
The blackout has provoked protests by the population and pot-banging in some citiesto which the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has warned this Sunday that his Government is not going to allow “vandalism.” The National Electrical Union (UNE), dependent on the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Cuba, has announced that Havana’s electrical system has been restored, although it has identified several breakdowns.
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