CUBA NEWS
August 30, 2004

FROM CUBA Near riot during blackout in Placetas 5m4n40

PLACETAS, Cuba, August 26 (Mara Elena Alpzar, Grupo Decoro / cubanet.sergipeconectado.com) - Several groups of residents of Placetas, in Villa Clara province, either enraged or taking advantage of a blackout in the early morning of Sunday, August 22, staged a near riot in the streets, yelling anti-government slogans and breaking glass doors in several government stores.

Some of the disorders were staged by revelers who had been at the Centro Cuba cabaret. Others threw stones and broke the plate glass at the Bazar Yamba-O and El Lente photography shop. In several places, people could be heard shouting "Down with Fidel" and "Down with Communism."

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