MIAMI, United States.- Dozens of Cubans protested this Friday afternoon in the capital’s Cerro municipality, on Monte street at the corner of San Joaquín, and demanded that the government restore power. The island has been in a national blackout for several days after Hurricane Ian passed through Pinar del Río, and a breakdown in the national electricity system.
Other protests have been reported in the Playa municipality, and in Boyeros, where some witnesses even claim that the police have beaten the protesters.
CubaNet journalist Camila Acosta denounced from the island that the authorities have cut off the Internet service, a resource used by the dictatorship so that what happens between the protesters and the repressive agents does not transcend.
Shouting “We want the current!” Hundreds of Cubans have taken to the streets in recent days. Cacerolazos, closure of avenues and confrontations with the police and the authorities have marked the Cuban days after Ian crossed Pinar del Río as a category 3 on September 26.
This afternoon neighbors of the neighborhood of big bridges, belonging to the Playa municipality, also joined the anti-government protests. Several videos published on social networks show dozens of people protesting on the Calzada de Puentes Grandes and blocking the path of the so-called Alba Cinema curve with branches and garbage cans.
Users of social networks have also reported outbreaks of protest in Mantilla, La Palma and La Güinera (Arroyo Naranjo) and in Guanabacoa.
This Thursday night there were also protests in the Reparto Eléctrico and La Güinera, in the capital’s municipality of Arroyo Naranjo, where women and children took to the streets to demand the restoration of electricity, according to a CubaNet collaborator from the area. of the protest.
The demonstrators loudly denounced that their food had spoiled after more than three days without electricity.
Receive information from CubaNet on your cell phone through WhatsApp. Send us a message with the word “CUBA” on the phone +525545038831, You can also subscribe to our electronic newsletter by giving click here.
