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Residents of the Havana municipality of La Lisa gathered on Tuesday night in front of the municipal headquarters of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), located at the corner of 202 and 51, after enduring more than 50 consecutive hours without electricity, as reported by Martí Noticias.
The protesters chanted "The people united will never be defeated" and sang the National Anthem in front of the party headquarters, while demanding "water, food, and electricity" and calling for "freedom."
One of the protagonists was the activist Lucinda González, who told Martí Noticias that she joined the gathering after hearing an altercation and seeing her neighbors heading to the site.
González described the moment when the General Secretary of the PCC tried to take her by the arm to lead her into the headquarters: she refused and told him that she would stay "here with the people."
The activist also spoke with the first secretary of the Party and a lieutenant colonel, to whom she presented the situation of three people with cancer in her neighborhood who are suffering extreme heat without ventilation or cooling.
He described the scene as "hellish," with mothers present alongside their children in strollers, and noted that he had previously warned the authorities about the population's frustration with the inequality in power outages and shortages.
The strong presence of police and State Security agents surrounded the area from the outset.
According to González, the authorities documented attendees with photos and videos from inside the building, which prevented him from using his own phone. "I know there's going to be a problem because they were taking photos and making videos," he warned before leaving out of fear of retaliation.
This was not the first sign of tension in the municipality: days earlier, residents of La Lisa had thrown stones at the police unit in San Agustín due to prolonged blackouts and a lack of drinking water.
The protest in La Lisa is part of a sustained wave of protests in Havana that shows no signs of stopping. On the same Tuesday morning, residents of Centro Habana banged pots in the street Salud after more than 28 hours without electricity and gas.
On Saturday, June 28, residents of Old Havana had protested at night chanting "Freedom!" after more than 40 hours without power.
In the Santo Suárez neighborhood, activist Adelth Bonne reported in a video over 20 hours without electricity and several days without drinking water, with neighbors forced to collect rainwater to survive.
The energy backdrop is devastating. For this Wednesday, the Electric Union projected that the generation availability during peak hours would barely cover 34% of the demand, leaving a deficit of 66%, attributed to the maintenance of five thermal units and a shortage of fuel.
The electricity deficit in Cuba reached a historic high of 2,208 MW on June 25, leaving nearly 70% of the country without electricity, exacerbated by the interruption of oil supplies from Venezuela since January 2026.
The Cuban Observatory of Conflicts counted 1,311 protests just in May 2026, the highest monthly figure since July 11, 2021, while the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights documented at least 38 arrests during June, including six minors.
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