In the early hours of the morning and under the shadow of a prolonged blackout, the regime official Susely Morfa González reemerged in Santa Clara to lead a police deployment that, rather than preventing crimes, served as a warning to a citizenry fed up with the electrical collapse.
The operation, part of a national exercise on "prevention and combating crime," was used as a political platform by Morfa González, recently appointed leader of the Communist Party in Villa Clara. Her message left no room for doubt: the State is alert, the streets are being monitored, and any expression of discontent will be suppressed.
Preventive work is essential to promote social discipline, said the leader, in a phrase that summarizes the regime's strategy to address the growing discontent: more control, more patrols, more police presence. All of this, while municipalities like Caibarién and Cifuentes are facing over 14 consecutive hours without electricity, and citizen demands are multiplying.
The staging, carefully promoted by official profiles, is not a coincidence. The Cuban regime, unable to guarantee basic services, resorts to fear as a tool of governance. And Morfa, a symbol of ideological obedience, plays the role expected of her: to reinforce the discourse of order at all costs.
Hours earlier, Morfa herself had visited the provincial Electric Company to coordinate the distribution of loads. However, instead of providing real solutions, she merely "urged" that the reports be addressed, while the provincial energy deficit approaches 200 MW.
Instead of explaining the causes of the blackout or assuming responsibility, the regime chooses to present a strong front on the streets. The nighttime surveillance in Santa Clara, directly led by a high-ranking figure of the PCC, is not a measure of protection but an act of intimidation.
The message is clear: if there are protests due to blackouts, there will be repression. And to remind everyone, Susely Morfa —the same one who in 2015 claimed to have traveled to a Summit in Panama with her salary as a psychologist— returns to the spotlight, not to provide answers, but to ensure that silence is upheld.
Citizen protests: Potbanging, signs, and shouts in the dark
While the regime deploys its repressive apparatus, Cubans continue to express their frustration in increasingly visible and courageous ways.
In recent months, spontaneous protests have been reported in various localities across the country, including pot-banging in neighborhoods of Havana such as Vedado, Alamar, and Playa, where residents banged pots and shouted slogans against power outages and food shortages.
Furthermore, dissenting posters have appeared on walls and facades in cities such as Regla in Havana and Santa Fe in Isla de la Juventud, with messages like “How much longer,” “They are killing us,” and “Down with communism.” These expressions of discontent reflect the growing unrest among the population in light of the energy crisis and government repression.
In Bayamo and Cienfuegos, citizens took to the streets to denounce prolonged blackouts and food shortages, facing police repression. Videos shared on social media showed residents shouting “We want power, we want food!” while they were surrounded by law enforcement.
These demonstrations, although suppressed, show a growing citizen resistance in the face of the crisis and the lack of solutions from the regime. The emergence of posters, pot-banging, and public protests are signs that the Cuban people are losing their fear and demanding real change.
In this context, the presence of figures like Susely Morfa in police operations during the blackouts only reinforces the perception of a government more concerned with maintaining control than with addressing the issues affecting its people.
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