A heavy police presence surrounded the neighborhood El Fanguito in Vedado, Havana, during the early hours of this Monday, while residents endured yet another blackout, according to reports received by La Tijera News.
The reported operation allegedly included eight patrol cars and dozens of officers from the National Revolutionary Police (PNR), among them more than 30 female agents ready to intervene against the neighbors, primarily the women who led the most recent protest.
Authorities blocked access to 23rd Street, seemingly to prevent public discontent from manifesting again as a traffic standstill in that important artery of Vedado. The presence of officials from the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and the municipal government was also reported at the scene.
The opposition figure José Daniel Ferrer García, founder of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), reported on his social media that a young woman was being beaten in the area: "Reports of a young woman being hit in El Fanguito. Mothers with their children in the street. Many police officers and also male repressors."
At the time this report was published, Cuban authorities had not commented on the operation or the allegations of assaults.
The Tijera News indicated that the situation in El Fanguito was still developing and that information could be updated as new reports came in from the neighborhood.
It is not the first time that El Fanguito has erupted. On the night of July 29, neighbors in the neighborhood blocked Avenida 23 after enduring more than 48 hours without electricity, water, or gas.
The regime restored the electricity supply a few hours later, but the repressive response came the following day: State Security arrested two mothers linked to the protest, including María Yilian Franco Díaz, who was taken to the Zapata and C police unit along with her four-year-old son.
After that protest in July, a State Security officer was caught on video threatening the neighbors, demonstrating the repressive pattern that the regime systematically applies in response to popular discontent.
The episode this Monday is the second mobilization recorded in El Fanguito in less than a month, and it occurs amid a wave of protests against power outages that is shaking all of Cuba throughout 2026. Earlier this morning, a cacerolazo on N Street in Vedado was also reported after more than 24 hours without electricity in that area.
The electrical crisis has reached unprecedented levels: the National Electrical System completely collapsed seven times during 2026. For this Monday, the Electric Union forecasted a maximum shortfall of 2,410 MW, with only 910 MW of generation available against a demand of 3,300 MW.
The most serious event in the wave of protests occurred on March 14 in Morón, Ciego de Ávila, where demonstrators set fire to the furniture of the local PCC headquarters during a protest against power outages, and a young man was reported injured by gunfire during clashes with security forces.
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