The official Cuban journalist Randy Alonso Falcón called for "daily protests with pots and pans" against the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, while addressing the serious situation of power outages in Havana and acknowledging issues in the organization and distribution of the electrical service.
"The times are tough. We need to bang pots and pans every day at Trump and Marco Rubio for their genocidal collective punishment against our people," wrote Alonso in an opinion article.
The statement appeared in a text titled When Details and Organization Don't Align, in which the director of state media questioned several aspects of the management of blackouts in the Cuban capital.
«Right now in Havana, several circuits have been without electricity for over 40 hours; however, they are not among those that have been restored this morning. How is the service organized?», said the official spokesperson.
It also drew attention to the differences between areas of the city, as it stated that alongside neighborhoods subjected to power outages of more than 40 hours there are circuits that have gone weeks without experiencing cuts due, supposedly, to the presence of objectives deemed vital.
"Are they so vital that not even a few hours can be spared for the benefit of others?" he asked.
The official journalist also acknowledged the difficulties in coordinating electricity and water supply schedules, a combination that worsens living conditions in many neighborhoods in Havana.
Alonso attributed the shortages primarily to the United States. "Our enemies condemn us to this: to shortages, difficulties, suffering. It is their plan. And its effect is felt throughout the country," he stated.
However, he admitted that there are internal issues that could be corrected even within the current scarcity.
"In the midst of that almost nothing to distribute, we need to better organize that distribution so that the discomforts are fewer," he wrote, before calling for greater rationality, organization, and precision in the information provided to the public.
Alonso's call, who is known for being a staunch defender of the regime, to lead the pot-banging protests against Washington recalls a statement made just two months earlier by Miguel Díaz-Canel, who responded to the protests over blackouts by asking Cubans to bang their pots against "the neighbors to the north".
“People are banging pots and pans, some with more displeasure than others. I say: well, let the neighbors to the north hear it, as they are the ones who have us experiencing this blackout,” declared Díaz-Canel during an interview published in July.
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