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Lights out, crowds gone: Havana waits for what comes next

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There are so few cars in Cuba's capital that it is possible to cross the Malecon, the once bustling seafront promenade, without looking. At night, the narrow cobbled streets of Old Havana are enveloped in inky black, devoid of power and virtually deserted. After a seven-month-long US fuel embargo and rolling power cuts, locals joke that they are sick of seeing the stars. There are occasional stirrings in the shadows. Rake-thin men, their shorts …

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Lights out, crowds gone: Havana waits for what comes next

After a seven-month U.S. fuel embargo and rolling power cuts, Havana locals joke that they are sick of seeing the stars.

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Le DevoirLe Devoir
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Without Electricity, Deserted and Worried: Havana Is Far From the tumult...

Every night, the narrow cobbled streets of the Cuban capital plunge into darkness and are almost deserted.

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Without Electricity, Deserted and Worried: Havana Away From the Tumult of Yesteryear

There are so few cars running on the Malecon, the iconic seafront of the Cuban capital, that it has become useless to look through it.Every night, the narrow cobblestone streets of Old Havana plunge into the city.

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