Cubans struggle with an extended power outage and a new tropical storm

Many Cubans waited in anguish and some took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their third day. Their concerns were heightened as a Hurricane Oscar hit Cuba’s eastern coast with winds and heavy rain. In Santo Suárez, part of a populous neighborhood in southwestern Havana, people went into the streets banging pots and pans in protest Sunday night. The protesters describe nights without power and water as food rotted in their homes. Oscar weakened to a tropical storm but still may complicate restoring power. Some neighborhoods had electricity restored in Cuba’s capital, where 2 million people live, but most of Havana remained dark.