Students from the University of Camagüey staged a protest with pots and pans on Monday night, after being without electricity for over 30 hours, as reported to CiberCuba.
In the video sent to our newsroom, loud banging of pots can be heard along with chants of "turn on the power", as several young people protested in the dark in the university corridors. A few minutes later, the power was restored, which sparked even more outrage among the students, who interpreted the timing as a mockery after hours of despair, heat, and fatigue.
The images were shared by CiberCuba Noticias on Facebook, where hundreds of users expressed their support and frustration regarding the situation. Among the comments, phrases such as "you can no longer study or sleep with so many blackouts," "this makes it impossible to complete a university degree," or "don't give up, you are the hope" were read. Others directly questioned the Cuban regime with messages like "the problem is not the power, the problem is the system" and "you have endured too much, it's time to say enough."
The Camagüey journalist José Luis Tan Estrada confirmed that this is the second pot-banging protest recorded at the University of Camagüey in a few weeks, noting that similar protests had previously occurred due to power outages and the precarious conditions in the student residences.
The protest in Camagüey joins a wave of demonstrations that have taken place in several areas of Havana and other provinces, where power outages exceeded 48 hours over the weekend and on Monday. In Marianao, residents took to the streets with pots and bonfires to demand electricity and basic rights, in scenes documented by CiberCuba and shared on social media.
The Cuban Observatory of Conflicts (OCC) reported a historic record of 1,326 protests across the island in November, marked by demands for electricity, food, and civil liberties. The lack of fuel, prolonged blackouts, and uncontrolled inflation have turned daily life into a nightmare for millions of Cubans.
While the regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel, under the real power of Raúl Castro and the military control of GAESA, continues to offer no solutions, the Cuban people persist in raising their voices. This time, it was the students from Camagüey who said enough, banging their pots to demand at least the light that the system denies them.
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