HAVANA_ A new protest against the Cuban regime was registered this Wednesday in the San Miguel del Padrón municipality, in Havana, where hundreds of residents took to the streets to demand the restoration of electrical service and denounce the worsening of the economic and food crisis that affects the island.
The demonstration took place in front of the municipal government headquarters, where residents blocked part of the public road amidst banging pots and pans, shouting and chanting against the prolonged blackouts that affect different sectors of the Cuban capital.
“I can’t take it anymore”
“We can’t take it anymore!” the protesters shouted while more neighbors arrived from different parts of the municipality to join the rally, according to independent Cuban media.
Videos spread on social networks showed groups of people in front of the government building while banging pots and pans and demanding answers from local authorities.
The protest took place in an environment of growing social tension due to constant electrical interruptions and the deterioration of basic services on the island.
Energy crisis and shortage
The demonstrations occur in the midst of an energy crisis that maintains extensive blackouts in several Cuban provinces, as a result of failures in the national electrical system and fuel shortages.
Neighbors also denounced the lack of food and the difficulties in accessing basic products, a situation aggravated by inflation and the economic deterioration facing the country.
Residents of the area stated that the power outages lasted for long hours, affecting food storage, water supply and daily activities.
Social unrest grows
The protest in San Miguel del Padrón joins other demonstrations recently registered in different locations in Cuba, where citizens expressed their discontent over shortages, blackouts and the deterioration of the quality of life under the communist regime.
In recent months, independent organizations and observers have warned about the increase in social tensions on the island due to the collapse of essential services and the deepening of the economic crisis.
