Residents of the El Marañón neighborhood in Yariguá, in the province of Las Tunas, took to the Central Highway this Saturday to protest against the prolonged power outages they have been experiencing for nearly a week.
At the shout of "Current schedule! The people deserve respect!", the residents took to the streets with their pots to protest.
The independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada shared a video of the citizen protest and specified that these individuals only receive 25 minutes of electricity per day, and in the best case, one hour.
The protest arose spontaneously among the residents, fed up with the lack of response from local authorities. They only ask for a stable power schedule, but after demonstrating, many fear the possible reaction from State Security, as is often the case with those who express their discontent.
The protesters partially blocked the road and demanded respect and concrete solutions, while denouncing that the electricity crisis has affected food preservation and access to water.
The protests in neighborhoods like El Marañón reflect the growing social discontent in Cuba, where power outages, food shortages, and inflation have exacerbated a widespread crisis that Miguel Díaz-Canel's regime is unable to control.
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