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PLEASE STAY WARM OUT THERE. JANE MINAR LIVE IN MICHIGAN.
>>> WELL, VIOLENCE IS ERUPTING IN CUBA AS PROTESTERS TORCH COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICE, THROW ROCKS AND CHANT AGAINST THE REGIME IN A RARE SHOW OF DEFIANCE. HAVANA IS OPENING TALKS WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHILE A DEEPENING ENERGY AND ECONOMIC CRISIS GRIPS THE ISLAND. MADELEINE RIVERA HAS THE LATEST FROM HERE IN D.C.
>> Reporter: HI, RICH. CUBA IS FATING -- FACING A GROWING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. ANGER OVER ROLLING BLACKOUTS AND A SHORTAGE OF FOOD ARE CULMINATING IN PROTESTS. THERE ARE REPORTS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS ATTACKING A COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICE IN CENTRAL CUBA. VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWED FIRE AND PEOPLE THROWING ROCKS THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF A BUILDING. CUBAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DIAZ CANEL SAYING IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE PROLONGED BLACKOUTS SHOW DISTRESS AS THE U.S. BLOCKADE CRUELLY GOES ON. CUBA'S POWER OUT IAGES GOT WORSE AFTER THE U.S. SEIZED NICOLAS MADURO IN JANUARY, ENDING VENEZUELA SHIPMENTS OF OIL TO THE ISLAND. PRESIDENT TRUMPS HAS ALSO THREATENED TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON ANY COUNTRY THAT SUPPLIES OIL TO CUBA. SINCE THEN AIRLINES HAVE RESTRICTED SERVICES TO THE ISLAND BECAUSE THEY CAN NO LONGER REFUEL, CLASSES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING REMOTELY TO TRY AND PRESERVE ENERGY.
>> TRANSLATOR: WE CAN'T STAND BECAUSE THE SITUATION IN CUBA IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT'S VERY HARD, THIS SITUATION. WE'RE SUFFICIENT GATING IN THIS SITUATION.
>> Reporter: FACING PRESSURE, THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST WEEK, DIAZ CANEL SAID THE POINT WAS TO INSURE THE SECURITY OF BOTH THE AND CUBA. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS CUBA NEEDS TO MAKE A DEAL.
>> CUBA'S AT THE END OF THE LINE. THEY'RE VERY MUCH AT THE END OF THE LINE. THEY HAVE NO MONEY, THEY HAVE NO TO OIL. THEY HAVE A BAD PHILOSOPHY, THEY HAVE A BAD REGIME THAT'S TO BEEN BAD FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Reporter: -- PUBLIC PROTESTS ARE RARE IN CUBA WHERE THERE IS NO SPECIFIC LAW TO REGULATE THESE TYPES OF DEMONSTRATIONS, SO AT LEAST THOSE WHO ARE ARRESTED -- IT