Five people were arrested in Cuba after a small protest destroyed the offices in the central city of Maran overnight last weekend, Cuba's Interior Ministry said. These protests come as a reaction to electricity blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, which have been worsened by a US blockade on oil. Yes, a blockade happens when certain goods such as oil are stopped from coming into a place. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Friday that no fuel had entered the country in three months.
The capital, Havana, has seen blackouts of up to 15 hours a day. This has affected hospitals, public transport, education, rubbish collection and heavily impacted Cuba's economy. Let's have a look at our first headline. This headline is from BBC News. Cuban protesters ransack communist office as energy crisis deepens. That headline again from BBC News.
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