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CUBA Areas of Placetas without power for 13 days PLACETAS,
Cuba, March 9 (Enrique Carrillo, Cubanacán Press / www.cubanet.org) - La
Vigía district of Placetas has been without power for 13 days since the
electric transformer burned out. Residents say they have asked that repairs
be made, but the Electric Company alleges they have no transportation to move
the needed equipment. La Vigía residents say they collected four
pesos per family to have the equipment repaired. "This is a shame;
this sort of thing didn't happen before", said an elderly woman who has had
to put up with the prolonged blackout. The problem of lack of transportation
and means to repair transformers and other equipment is a recurrent one for the
Electric Company. Versión
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