CUBA: Gas-Fired Power Plant To Be Built In Cienfuegos.

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Canadian energy firm Sherritt International will build a gas-fired power plant in Cienfuegos, 250-miles from Havana, along with Venezuela's PDVSA. The new Energas plant will have a 150-megawatt capacity and be fueled by gas from the Cienfuegos oil refinery.

Editor's Note: Look for more deterioration of picturesque Cienfuegos' now borderline air quality. Cuba talks about pollution...but does little about it.

    Photo Of Havana by Yoani Sanchez.

The Great Shutdown Continues In Cuba.

Not much new here in this Cuban economy update from AP...except some speculation by Cuba-watchers.

Is Cuba selling some of its Venezuelan-subsidized crude...on the open market?

Also news that Sherritt...is finally getting paid.

Plus reports of a severe yogurt shortage. Is that the nutritionally important and widely available soy yogurt...sold for 3 pesos (moneda nacional)...or a real milk-based product..that is outrageously priced and has only been available in chavito stores? The report is...unclear.