Neighbors from the Zamora neighborhood in Marianao; and from the area of Boyeros and Tulipán, in Plaza de la Revolución, staged new protests with pots and pans on Thursday night after several days of continuous blackouts.
The internet user Zea Gisselle posted a video on Facebook showing Zamora under a pot-banging protest at 9:08 PM, as the residents of that Cuban neighborhood have been facing power outages lasting 21 hours for six days. "No water, to top it all off," she emphasizes.
On his part, the user @JaviXCubaLibre on X posted videos of another similar protest in the area near Tulipán and Boyeros.
The protests are part of a sustained wave of "cacerolazos" that has been shaking Cuba since March 2026, driven by prolonged blackouts and the energy crisis impacting the entire island.
The intersection of Boyeros and Tulipán had already been the scene of similar protests in March 2026, when journalist Yoani Sánchez shared a video of the pot-banging protest during the ninth consecutive night of mobilizations in the capital, with neighbors chanting "We are all Morón right now."
The municipality of Boyeros protested again on May 30 in the Mulgoba area, where residents reported that "there is never any electricity."
The new "cacerolazo" occurred just one day after protests were reported in various parts of Havana on Thursday night, and after electricity was restored in some neighborhoods amidst a heavy police presence.
On Thursday, there were also reports of shouts of "Freedom!" during a popular protest in Holguín, confirming that social unrest has spread on a national scale.
The severity of the electricity crisis that triggers these protests is extreme: according to data from the Electric Union as of June 3, the generation availability was only 1,020 MW compared to a demand of 2,570 MW at dawn, with a projected deficit of 1,885 MW for the nighttime peak.
The maximum deficit reached 2,110 MW on June 2 at 10 PM, and in Havana, power outages exceed 22 hours daily, with some cases reaching up to 24 consecutive hours.
On March 16, a total disconnection of the national electrical system occurred, marking a turning point in the escalation of protests.
The protests have taken the form of nightly pot-banging, street blockades, tire burnings, and political slogans such as "Down with the dictatorship!" and "Homeland and Life!" recorded in Santiago de Cuba on May 30th.
The regime's response has included massive police deployments in El Vedado and arrests: the organization Cubalex documented at least 14 detentions in the context of the wave of protests in May and June 2026.
The activist Yoel Cruz also reported the harassment from State Security after participating in a protest in 10 de Octubre on June 3, in a repressive pattern that repeats itself at every mobilization event.
The wave of protests that began in March shows no signs of waning: the pot-banging protest early this morning in Boyeros and Tulipán is the latest expression of a population that has been without electricity for months and without responses from the regime.
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