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FROM
CUBA
Businesses close during "electrical emergency"
in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, August 11 (Reinaldo Cosano
Alén / www.cubanet.org) - Employees
of several hotels, restaurants and other
businesses in Guanabo, a beach resort town
east of Havana, have been sent home on full
pay during the ongoing "electrical
emergency," the shutdown for repairs
of the largest power plant in the country.
Administrators told the furloughed employees
that the closings were being implemented
across the island and would affect all kinds
of businesses, but would only be temporary.
The "Antonio Guiteras" power
plant in Matanzas province, the largest
and most efficient such plant in Cuba, is
currently off the grid due to what has been
described by authorities as a "serious
breakdown."
The business closings were decreed as a
measure to reduce demand for power.
In Guanabo, the hotel "Gran Vía,"
an attached restaurant and disco, and a
nearby cabaret, were involved in the closings.
Employees said even though they were still
being paid their salaries, they are missing
out on tips, which they say make up a considerable
part of their income.
"I hope the breakdown does not extend
beyond September," said one employee
mournfully.
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