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Didie Gutiérrez Ledesma, a resident of the Siboney neighborhood in the Playa municipality of Havana, received a police summons from the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) after participating in a pot-banging protest outside the block where Mariela Castro, daughter of Raúl Castro and director of CENESEX, lives.
Didie Gutiérrez Ledesma himself reported it on his Facebook profile with these words: "Today I was summoned, reason interview, because on Wednesday I made a noise demonstration at the corner of my house at 15 and 206 Siboney, in front of Mariela Castro's block. Tomorrow at 9 AM I will go to the PNR station."
The Summons, issued by the Ministry of the Interior with an official blue seal, orders the citizen to appear this Thursday at 9:00 AM before Lieutenant Urlens Martínez Gonzant at the PNR station located at 198 between 134 and 16.
The stated reason in the document is "Interview," a common euphemism used by the PNR for the interrogation of citizens participating in protests.
The document also warns that "failure to appear without a prior justified cause will result in a fine according to current legislation or will be charged with denial of assistance," highlighting the coercive nature of the summons.
The protest with pots and pans took place on Wednesday at the corner of 15 and 206, in Siboney, an upscale residential area where high-ranking officials of the Cuban regime and their families have historically lived.
The fact that the protest took place specifically on Mariela Castro's block carries an evident symbolic weight: the public discontent reaches directly to the doors of the establishment.
The event is part of a wave of protests with pots and pans that is shaking Havana, including the Playa municipality itself, driven by power outages reaching up to 22 hours daily and a severe shortage of food and water.
The Cuban Conflict Observatory recorded 1,245 protests in March 2026, the highest monthly figure since July 11, 2021, and 1,133 in April, an increase of 29.5% compared to the same month the previous year.
The organization Cubalex documented at least 14 arrests in Havana due to pan-banging and protests from March 6 until May 2026.
Mariela Castro, a member of the National Assembly and a public figure of the regime, has been criticized by human rights organizations for defending state repression against protests and for discrediting opponents and artists who are critical of the government.
In September 2021, Mariela Castro referred to "mequetrefes" the artists who oppose the regime, and in the context of the events on July 11, she supported the state's response to the protests.
The summons to Didie Gutiérrez Ledesma is yet another example of the pattern of intimidation that the regime employs against those who express dissent: although the document refers to a simple "interview," the threat of fines or criminal charges for failing to appear makes it clear that the goal is to deter any form of protest.
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