Cuban from Santiago: "Change has to come"

From the province of Santiago de Cuba, epicenter of the most recent protests in the country, Ariel Kindelán demanded changes in the country and demanded that the government stop lying to the people.

“Change has to come because we need it,” the man demanded in a video published by the German television network DW on its Facebook site.

“There is no longer ignorance, there is the Internet, there is Facebook. Don't hide things from us anymore,” Kindelán claimed.

The video also shows Maury Macías, another resident of Santiago de Cuba, who explained: “Because of the blackouts, life changes, because imagine that you have to change routines.”

In the eastern city of Cuba, Power outages of up to 10 hours have become common, along with the shortage of food and medicine, and the high prices caused by inflation.

The German network's report also explained that Cuba is experiencing its largest protests since October 2022, and in them People demand food and electricity shouting “freedom”.

Finally, he said that this is an unusual outbreak because on an island few people risk raising their voices, for fear of repression by the regime.

Other Cubans also added their voices to demand better living conditions.

"Everyone has had to leave here, people are hungry and freedom is what is needed," claimed a Cuban in front of the El Cobre police station, in the city of Santiago de Cuba.

Without a hint of fear of the police present, the man from Santiago said: “I don't have to leave my country. This is my country, I love it, everyone loves it. Everyone has had to leave here. Until when gentleman!

From Cienfuegos, A woman stood up to the regime and said: “I don't want food, I want freedom”.

“The life of a Cuban, of a mother, of a father, is painful and stormy. "You go to bed thinking about tomorrow, about what you are going to take to the cauldrons, and you don't rest mentally, physically or emotionally," he told the media. Martí News.

And from the diocese of Esmeralda, Camagüey, the Cuban priest Alberto Reyes sent a message to the Cuban government in which he accuses it of keep the people living among ruins, dirt and misery, overwhelmed by the lack of food and medicine.