Residents of the neighborhood Nuevo Vedado in Havana staged a pot-banging protest Thursday night amid rising discontent over power outages and the crisis of essential services in the Cuban capital.
Images and messages shared on social media indicate that the sound of pots and pans was heard across several blocks of the neighborhood, located not far from the Palace of the Revolution, the seat of the Cuban government.
"Casseroles are ringing in Nuevo Vedado... just a few blocks from the Palace of the Revolution," wrote activist and youtuber Mag Jorge Castro on X while sharing reports from the area.
The pot banging joins a series of protests that have taken place in various neighborhoods of Havana over the past few days, amid prolonged blackouts and a decline in living conditions.
Hours earlier, it was also reported that residents of the municipality El Cerro set fire to a garbage dump, in a gesture of protest against the accumulation of waste and the service issues in the area.
Residents of El Cotorro staged another protest with pots and pans during a blackout, where messages of frustration were heard regarding the prolonged power outages.
The demonstrations are taking place in a context of growing social tension in the Cuban capital, where night protests have been reported in several municipalities over the past week, including Diez de Octubre, Guanabacoa, Plaza de la Revolución, and Old Havana.
The sound of pots and pans has become one of the most common forms of citizen protest in Cuba in response to the energy crisis, reflecting the population's discontent with the shortages and deterioration of basic services.
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