After another nationwide blackout debilitated Cuba, electricity began flickering back on in parts of Havana on a recent Sunday afternoon. For decades, González and his wife, Mercedes Cruz, have run a popular weekly dance night in a historic social hall in one of Havana’s oldest neighborhoods, a few blocks from the Caribbean Sea. Cruz rests her hands on a table in the hall where the weekly dance gathering takes place in Havana. “But I like whiskey more.”Maurin Piedra Rodríguez, 52, speaks on the phone during a break at the weekly dance gathering in Havana. AdvertisementThe dance night skews older — and draws about twice as many women as men.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 04, 2026 14:31 UTC