A woman was detained by the police in Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba, after she took to the streets to demand the lack of electricity, food, and water.
The arrest took place in the center of the Santiago town, and in front of the passive gaze of several people who did nothing to help the woman.
"Abuse by the police against a woman for claiming her rights. It happened about half an hour ago in Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba," was the message sent to the CiberCuba newsroom by a user. The clip was later shared in the Facebook group "Revolico Contramaestre."
In the video, it can be seen how the police use force to make the woman get into the police car, while she screams "Homeland and Life," "Water, Food."
In the midst of the country's energy crisis, exacerbated by the passage of tropical storm Oscar, the Cuban government has justified itself by citing fuel shortages; however, the repressive forces, from patrol cars to State Security vehicles, have not ceased to operate on the island, with the aim of repressing any expression of dissent.
The ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel himself has given the green light to suppress any protests that arise, and he has expressed this through the regime's media outlets.
A few days ago, the Cuban dictator threatened to suppress citizen protests that may arise due to the collapse of the national electrical system, which has plunged the Cuban population into unprecedented chaos.
"There is all the willingness, all the capacity, and all the deployment and scale of the systems that we have organized from the defense councils, from the organizations, the party, the government, and the administrations to respond to the population's concerns, as long as it is done in a civilized, organized, and disciplined manner," the leader pointed out.
"But we are not going to accept or allow anyone to act provocatively, causing vandalistic acts, much less disturbing the peace of our citizens, and that is a conviction and a principle of our revolution," he added.
Díaz-Canel's words were taken for what they were: threats, and hundreds of people recalled on social media the repression unleashed by the regime after the protests of July 11, 2021.
Even the president has described those who have raised their voices and demanded an end to the crisis facing the island as drunkards and indecent.
"The only thing that contrasts with this determination of unity of our people, with these efforts to -together- overcome adversities, are some individuals, a minimal number of people, mostly in a state of intoxication, who have behaved in a... uhh... indecent manner," said the ruler.
Far from achieving its objectives, the statements of the leader have only intensified the discontent of the population, which increasingly perceives the government's incompetence more clearly and its constant resort to threats and repression to cling to power illegitimately.
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