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Cuba grapples with ongoing economic and energy crisis

Cuba continues to grapple with a deepening economic and energy crisis, as widespread power outages, fuel shortages and rising tensions with the U.S. add to uncertainty across the island.

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Eyder Peralta is an international correspondent for NPR. He was named NPR's Mexico City correspondent in 2022.
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