Cuba protests: Millions without power: BBC Learning English from the News

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Protests in Cuba come as a reaction to electricity blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, which have been worsened by a US blockade on oil. This has affected hospitals, public transport, education, rubbish collection and heavily impacted Cuba’s economy.. 🔎For a free worksheet, and all the vocabulary and definitions https://bbc.in/3NFwd1v For more Learning English from the News: https://bbc.in/49mjA3B (Photo: Getty Images) 00:00 Introduction 00:32 The story 01:25 Headline 1 03:56 Headline 2 06:0 Headline 3 Your turn: can you use some of the vocabulary and phrases from this programme in a comment? Note: our YouTube channel is a space for everyone to practise their English and learn from each other. Please use English in the comments section 👇👇👇 SUBSCRIBE to our Newsletter to stay up to date with our latest programmes 👉 https://bbc.in/4hhBWEG More popular programmes: My song, my home 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/my-song-my-home Scared to speak English? 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/260122 US-Israel War on Iran: 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260304 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 http://tinyurl.com/ps3hplv ✔️ Visit our website 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #englishfromthenews #news