Demonstrators took to the streets in at least four cities on Sunday to complain about hours-long power cuts and increasing food scarcity.
The island has seen frequent power cuts and shortages of food, fuel, and medicine since the Covid-19 pandemic, prompting Cubans to flee to the United States in record numbers.
US diplomats said Sunday they were monitoring the protests and called on the Cuban government to listen to the demonstrators.
The Cuban government, which typically does not allow organized dissent, did not say how many protesters had been arrested.
After island-wide demonstrations in the summer of 2021, more than 1,000 Cubans were put on trial and convicted of rising up against the communist-run government, according to human rights groups.
Persons:
Miguel Diaz, Canel, Fidel Castro’s, Diaz
Organizations:
CNN, Cuban, country’s Communist Party, Twitter
Locations:
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, United States, Miami’s, Cuban, Havana