The Cuban singer L Kimii shared a nighttime video on his Instagram stories this Monday, recorded in front of his father's house in Cuba, where complete darkness can be seen and what appears to be a fire set by the neighbors, amidst a blackout that had already lasted over 36 hours.
Alongside the images, the artist —whose verified Instagram account is @osniel_kimii— wrote a message that combines personal pain and political protest: “This is outside my dad's house. More than 36 hours without power. Down with the Castro dictatorship. Down with Communism, long live a free Cuba. @marcorubio. Until when the delay, until when God the Father.”
The video shows the complete darkness surrounding the home, with visible flames in the street and an atmosphere of tension that reflects the exhaustion of a population subjected to electricity outages that have become unbearable.
L Kimii directly tagged the American senator Marco Rubio, a key figure in U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba, in a gesture that underscores the political dimension of their complaint and the frustration over the regime's inaction.
The images arrive at the worst time during the Cuban energy crisis. Last Wednesday, May 13, the Electric Union reported a historic maximum deficit of 2,113 MW, with only 1,230 MW available compared to a demand of 3,250 MW. The Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy, publicly admitted that power outages in Havana lasted between 20 and 22 hours daily.
That desperation has triggered a wave of neighborhood protests with pot banging, bonfires, and street blockades in at least 12 municipalities of Havana between May 13 and 17, described as the largest since July 11, 2021. In San Miguel del Padrón, residents stood in front of the local Government headquarters demanding “We want electricity and food!”.
It is not the first time that L Kimii has taken a public stance. In August 2025, he declared that he participated in the protests of 11J, taking to the streets "covered" to demand freedom, and in September of that year, he appeared at a concert wearing a t-shirt against Díaz-Canel, an act interpreted as an explicit political message.
Their publication this Monday adds to a growing trend: Cuban artists like Gente de Zona, Israel Rojas, and Alejandro Palomino have also used their social media platforms to highlight the crisis faced by their families on the island, becoming amplifiers of a discontent that the regime cannot silence.
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