Neighbors of the Crossing of Eagle and Monte took to the streets after more than a month without water supply. In a spontaneous manifestation they blocked traffic with empty cubes.
Madrid, Spain.- A neighborhood protest shook the municipality of Centro Habana on Wednesday, when dozens of people blocked traffic at the intersection of Eagle and Monte streets to demand the restoration of drinking water, after more than 30 days without supply.
To the shout of “We want water, this is not political, this is a right!”, The protesters were presented with cubes, tanks and empty bottles as a sign of protest for what they described as “unbearable” situation. And blocked the street with the empty cubes.
The protest was broadcast live on social networks by user Lázar Díaz Carmona, which accelerated the diffusion of the images. Minutes after the viralization of the video, state security agents presented themselves at the scene to try to dissuade the neighbors, claiming that “with protests nothing is resolved.”
Local leaders and the deputy of the neighborhood also attended, who requested the cessation of the demonstration with the promise of looking for immediate solutions. However, the neighbors did not let the delegate speak, who repeated the official discourse, and recalled that they had already received similar promises in the past without concrete results. In addition to “a pipe does not solve the problem.”
The opponent and musician Saúl Manuel denounced on social networks That, after the protest, the government sent a pipe of water in a quick response to appease the discontent: “They wanted water? There they sent them a pipita, for them to shut up. That pipe is not by kindness … that crumb is because of the fear so great that the dictatorship has the people in the streets,” he wrote.
The crisis in the supply of drinking water in Havana responds to a combination of prolonged droughts, electric cuts and failures in pumping systems, aggravated by an obsolete infrastructure and lack of investment.
The manifestation of Águila and Monte reflects a growing social discomfort by the deterioration of basic services in Cuba, where the population, despite the fear of reprisals, takes to the streets with subsistence claims that claim as fundamental rights.
According to the most recent report by the Cuban Conflict Observatory (OCC), In August 2025, a 123 protest record was recorded, Complaints and civic actions throughout the island, the highest figure in its history. The report It reveals a 32 % increase compared to the same month last year and 17 % compared to June, showing a sustained increase in popular discontent against deterioration of living conditions.
The greatest number of claims (286) was concentrated in the category of public services, especially for the prolonged ones blackouts up to 30 hours and the growing shortage of drinking water.
