New protests have been registered in several provinces of Cuba in response to the energy cuts planned by the regime. Social media users have posted videos in various parts of the island reporting the situation. The residents of San José de las Lajas, in Mayabeque; Consolación del Sur, in Pinar del Río; Trinidad, in Sancti Spíritus; Antilla, in Holguín; Caonao del Sur, in Cienfuegos, and Mabay, in the province of Granma, among others, came out to protest between the early hours of Monday morning and Tuesday morning, according to the newspaper
ADNCuba
.
The recent report of the Cuban Observatory of Conflicts has warned that 1,713 demonstrations against the Diaz-Canel dictatorship have been registered during the first semester of this year.
The presence of the repressive apparatus of the regime was not long in coming in Santiago de Cuba. Castro's agents approached the place to disperse the rally according to the Cuban government 14ymedio. In spite of this, the people persisted in their attempt to rebel against the communist regime.
#Cuba protests by #Cubans against the communist state inside the island continue to grow. The solution to blackouts and lack of everything is the end of the dictatorship. #LibertadParaCuba #SOSCuba ( protest in Altamira, Santiago de Cuba this week) #CubaPaLaCalle pic.twitter.com/RFVtdXlJdx
- The Free Jiri 🇨🇺🌻🤓 (@JirilibreLa) August 3, 2022
Relatives of political prisoners have also protested in Havana against the repression that prevails on the island, however they were arrested by the dictatorship's security agents. The event took place in the Cathedral of the Cuban capital.
Moments before the arrest, I ask for my freedom.
It's just parents and wives asking for the freedom of their relatives political prisoners #100PaAbajo @ilianahcuba @GeletMartinez @mmpizonero @YaxysCires @mejias_lisbet @kennyfd1985 @ClaudioFMadan #FreedomForPoliticalPrisonsCuba pic.twitter.com/W0z1lXq43x- Albert Fonse 💪🇨🇦🇨🇺 (@albertfonse11j) August 1, 2022
One year after the massive July 11 protests, 3,266 protests have been registered
One year after the massive protests that shook Cuba from July 11-17, 2021, in demonstrations that shook some 50 locations on the island, 3,266 protests have been registered on the island, according to the Cuban Observatory of Conflicts (OCC) .
Only in In July of this year, 263 demonstrations have been documented.The dictatorship deployed security agents to prevent rallies to celebrate the anniversary of July 11, a failed movement that left one person dead and more than 1,300 people arrested, according to the NGO Cubalexbased in Miami.
