Coalition of exiles in Miami calls for the resignation of Díaz-Canel

The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (ARC), a coalition that brings together opponents both inside and outside the island, urged the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel to resign from his position due to the growing energy crisis affecting the people.

In a statement issued this Tuesday, the ARC condemned the president's response, who, according to the coalition, has made threats against the protesters demonstrating in various cities of the country.

According to the EFE agency, the text highlights that the energy crisis, exacerbated by the fuel shortage and constant breakdowns at the old thermoelectric plants, is a reflection of the "failure" of the Cuban system.

The ARC denounces that the situation in the country, marked by repression, hunger, and the lack of essential services, has become unsustainable.

In different cities of Cuba, including Havana, Camagüey, and Santiago de Cuba, protests and demonstrations have been recorded, where citizens demand a solution to the prolonged power outages.

The ARC emphasizes that while the island is facing electrical blackouts, the protests continue to keep the public's demand against the regime alive.

Last Friday at noon, when the complete outage of the National Electric System (SEN) occurred, Cubans began to experience an overwhelming and extensive general blackout, which in several areas lasted more than 72 hours and limited their daily activities.

Although the regime has promised to find a solution, the crisis has escalated excessively within the country's deteriorated electrical system.

The so-called "shots" have caused more tension in the SEN, now turned into "islands" or "microsystems," which teeters between total or partial collapses, while the people suffer the consequences of the failed communist system.

To make matters worse, Díaz-Canel appeared on Sunday night at the National Defense Council (CDN), where he attended dressed in olive green and clearly threatened to repress civilian protests that may arise due to the collapse of the national electric system, which has plunged the Cuban population into unprecedented chaos.

After presenting an account of the catastrophic situation in the country, for which he did not provide any immediate solution - and accompanied by Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, who also attended in the same attire - the president issued a threatening warning.

"There is all the willingness and all the capacity and all the deployment and scope of the systems that we have organized from the defense councils, from the organizations, from the party, from the government of 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, and much less disturbing the peace of our people, and that is a conviction and a principle of our revolution," he added.

This Monday, the president of the island reported at least six people in the municipality of San Antonio del Sur during the passage of Hurricane Oscar, which made landfall in Guantánamo on Sunday and then weakened to a tropical storm.

In the midst of constant power outages, the storm caught tens of thousands of people by surprise, who were unaware of the event due to the inability to get information through the media.