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García Márquez, the Colombian novelist known for his mastery of magical realism, was a strong supporter of Fidel Castro, Cuba’s longtime leader, and had longstanding ties to the film festival in Havana.

In Havana, residents used shovels, brooms and buckets to clear rubbish, mud and branches as they assessed the damage on Thursday.

Havana’s streets were plunged into near total darkness as residents sat on the doorsteps in the stifling heat, their faces lit up by their mobile phones – as long as their batteries lasted.

Again, though, that wasn’t the experience of another recent victim of opportunistic theft on Havana’s dimly lit streets.

Meanwhile, if you’re still wondering what is real and what isn’t, the CIA, according to a whistleblower, lied to Congress and the FBI about the “Havana Syndrome.”