Neighbors from Tamarindo Street, in the Luyanó neighborhood of Havana, staged a protest with pot-banging after several hours without electricity this Wednesday.
In the images, shared on Facebook by several users, the sound of pots and pans can be heard, apparently coming from inside the homes.
The protest in Tamarindo occurs a day after Havana experienced power outages for 24 consecutive hours, with a maximum impact of 426 MW and six neighborhoods in the city without service.
On that same Wednesday, a group of women blocked Mario Street and Diez de Octubre Avenue —a municipality that includes Luyanó— due to a lack of water and power outages, and the police arrived in just twenty minutes to disperse them.
Since the beginning of March, the National Electro-Energetic System has collapsed with a generation deficit exceeding 2,000 MW, causing blackouts lasting up to 20 and 30 hours a day in multiple neighborhoods of the capital.
On March 16, the system collapsed for 29 hours and 29 minutes consecutively, marking the most severe electrical crisis Cuba has faced in decades.
The accumulated despair has triggered a wave of pot-banging protests that spread across at least a dozen neighborhoods in Havana during March: Vedado, El Cerro, San Agustín in La Lisa, Lawton, Alamar, Playa, Buenavista, Bahía in East Havana, and La Güinera in Arroyo Naranjo, a neighborhood symbol of 11J.
In Lawton and Alamar, on the night of March 20, the neighbors shouted a slogan that captures the mood of the population: "A tired people loses its fear".
The authorities have responded with arrests. Reports indicate that at least 14 people were arrested following the protests that began on March 6.
On March 30, new arbitrary detentions were reported in Havana due to peaceful protests, including arrests on the Luyanó roadway itself, making this municipality one of the most active centers of popular discontent in the capital.
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