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The Cuban regime sent seven water trucks to Regla, in Havana, on Saturday, just hours after several women took to the streets with buckets and bottles demanding water.
Witnesses sent images to CiberCuba showing trucks with water after months of scarcity without any state response.
On Friday, residents of the Regla municipality in Havana blocked a street to protest against the prolonged lack of water, using buckets and containers to block the way and demand the restoration of the service.
According to a video sent exclusively to our editorial team, the protesters reported that they have been without supplies for days and decided to block the road as a measure of pressure. "Here in Regla, we are in the street blocking with buckets and bottles due to the lack of water," say the residents.
In the midst of the protest, police agents confronted a resident about the previous demands made to the institutions, stating that she should have remained at the local government headquarters until a response was received.
The neighbors organized to disrupt traffic with household containers and raise awareness of the situation.
They demand that the authorities provide a clear timetable for the normalization of service and interim measures while the shortages persist.
Several protests have erupted across Cuba in response to the decline in living conditions.
In Marianao, Havana, dozens of residents took to the streets with pot-banging and blockades on Avenue 51 in protest of the prolonged crisis, power outages, food shortages, and lack of freedoms.
The protesters demanded “light, food, and freedom” while disrupting traffic on that main road. Witnesses reported that, after several hours of tension, agents from the Revolutionary National Police arrived at the scene, resulting in arrests, though the exact number of those detained is not yet known.
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