Food shortages and power outages drove Cubans to the streets
| Thousands of people took to the streets in Cuba's second largest city to protest widespread power outages and food shortages. |
report Mehr News Agency quoted Reuters, thousands of people came 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 dialogue on “peace and tranquility”.
Videos posted online show protesters in Santiago taking to the streets with slogans of “power and food”. Widespread power outages in some areas last 18 hours or even a day, exposing frozen food to spoilage and intensifying tension on the island.
The country of Cuba has entered an almost unprecedented economic crisis since the epidemic of Covid-19, so that the lack of food, fuel and medical items has led to an unprecedented mass migration from this country. has led and more than 400 thousand people immigrated to America.
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.
