Food shortages and power outages drove Cubans to the streets.
Thousands of people took to the streets following widespread and prolonged power outages in many areas of Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city, as well as food shortages.
Following the massive protests in Santiago, the president of this country, Miguel Diaz-Canel, called for a dialogue on “peace and tranquility”.
Videos published online show that protesters in Santiago came to the streets with slogans of “electricity and food”. Widespread power outages in some areas last 18 hours or even a day, exposing frozen food to spoilage and intensifying tensions on the island.
The country of Cuba has entered an almost unprecedented economic crisis since the epidemic of Covid-19, so the lack of food, fuel, and medical items has led to an unprecedented mass migration from this country, and more than 400 thousand people immigrated to the United States.
Police forces have entered Santiago to control the situation and prevent violence, but it is not yet clear whether anyone has been arrested in these protests.