Cuba denies fakt of cutting power to US mission

Cuba denies fakt of cutting power to US mission

American authorities "lie shamelessly when they try to blame our government with a supposed cut in electrical power and a lessening of the potable water supply" to the building, the newspaper said.

It said that heavy rains in recent weeks had damaged the underground circuit in the neighborhood around the mission, and workers were laboring to fix that as well as other affected lines in the area, the AP reports.

Accidental cuts in power lasting days are not unheard of in Havana, which has an antiquated power grid that the government is working to modernize. The Cuban government runs the power company and it was impossible to independently ascertain the source of the electrical problem.