In the presence of the police, the people of Santiago de Cuba shouted “We are hungry, we are hungry,” during the massive protests this Sunday.
The crowd also chanted “Homeland and Life, Homeland and Life”, in the demonstration that began on the central avenue of Carretera del Morro and 9th Street in Veguita de Galo, in the capital of the province of the same name.
In a video published on social networks, women, men, young people and children are seen shouting without fear,in front of several police officers.
Although the state-owned Telecommunications Company of Cuba (ETECSA) maintains internet outages in Santiago de Cuba, people who are not in blackout access the network through the Nauta service and upload videos made in the early hours.
The background of this Sunday's protests is marked bythe price of the dollar that does not stop rising, an inflation that does not seem to see an end either and that generatesone of the deepest crises that Cuba has had in its history, in addition toblackouts that have currently also increased.
The current energy crisis generates discomfort and dissatisfaction in the people, who see their daily lives disrupted in a very sensitive way with blackouts at any time of the day, which last 12 or more uninterrupted hours; and also with himincrease in transport prices.
In the protests this Sunday in Santiago de Cuba,the people demand food, because every day people's purchasing power decreases, and in contrastThe government does not guarantee even the most basic products in the basket.
The precariousness that people experience in the Caribbean nation has been warned by different organizations.
HeCuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH), for example, denounced theworrying increase in extreme poverty in Cuba.
In the VI Report on theState of Social Rights in Cuba, the non-governmental organization detailed that "88% of Cubans live in extreme poverty, 13% more than in 2022."
According to the document, in 2023 inflation in Cuba has pushedthousands of families in an extreme situation.
Furthermore, this exacerbates the lack of food. Because although food is found in some markets, its cost is inaccessible for many people.
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