Is Covid-19 the source of some of the current crises? Apart from the Covid-19 pandemic, Cubans are facing certain crises, including food shortages, lack of medicines, high prices and power cuts almost every day. As a result of these factors, people have been protesting in Cuba City and in the provinces. A very rare event in Cuba. In fact, the only gatherings allowed in the country are those of the ruling communist party.

Several young people took part in the demonstration on Sunday. They blocked traffic for hours. And some demonstrators threw paving stones at the police. As a result, many police cars were overturned, damaged and evacuated. Several police and military officers were mobilised today in the capital and in several provincial cities. Indeed, the police arrested more than 10 people.

Mobile internet was cut off in most of the country on Sunday afternoon. Cuban President Miguel Dias-Canel accused the Cuban-American mafia of being responsible for this action. The Cuban-American mafia is a mafia that pays very well on social networks. In addition, he was suspected of having called for demonstrations in all parts of the country. As a result, he called on the revolutionaries, the communists, to take to the streets to counter this uprising.

The Cuban president even went to San Antonio de los Baños with Communist Party activists to meet with the local protesters. 

Covid-19 has led to the worst economic crisis in Cuba in 30 years.

As a result, the authorities have been forced to cut off electricity for a few hours each day.

Call for enforcement of the embargo

The president acknowledged that some people have come to express their dissatisfaction. According to him, the Cubans need the embargo.

 "If you want the people to get better, first lift the embargo imposed since 1962," said President Miguel Dias-Canel.

Calls for help using the hashtag #SOSCuba or #SOSMantazas are spreading on social networks, as are calls for the government to facilitate the sending of donations from abroad.

Santie

Photo Credit : La Croix

Voir la traduction