{"id":17124,"date":"2024-03-19T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/cuba-sees-rare-protests-amid-power-cuts-and-food-shortages\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:48:10","slug":"cuba-sees-rare-protests-amid-power-cuts-and-food-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/cuba-sees-rare-protests-amid-power-cuts-and-food-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba sees rare protests amid power cuts and food shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that his government is willing to engage with protesters after hundreds of Cubans partook in rare public protests at the weekend to decry worsening conditions on the island.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Demonstrators took to the streets in at least four cities on Sunday to complain about hours-long power cuts and increasing food scarcity. There were also calls for political freedoms, with chants of \u201cPatria y Vida,\u201d which means fatherland and life in Spanish, a reference to the popular anti-government anthem.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Hundreds of people protested in Santiago de Cuba, known as the birthplace of Fidel Castro\u2019s revolution, while the local secretary of the country\u2019s\u00a0Communist Party tried to address the crowd from a rooftop.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Diaz-Canel said in a statement Monday that his government was ready \u201cto attend to the complaints of our people, listen, dialogue, explain the many efforts that are being carried out to improve the situation.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Cuba is in an economic crisis as surging inflation has massively devalued the Cuban peso, with many state salaries now worth less than the cost of a carton of eggs. The government in March raised the price of fuel by more than 500%, further devastating Cubans\u2019 pocketbooks.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            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.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Diaz-Canel also blamed \u201cterrorists\u201d in Miami\u2019s Cuban exile community for stirring up protestors online and US sanctions for Cuba\u2019s increasingly bleak economy.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            US diplomats said Sunday they were monitoring the protests and called on the Cuban government to listen to the demonstrators. \u201cWe urge the Cuban government to respect the human rights of the protestors and address the legitimate needs of the Cuban people,\u201d the US embassy in Havana posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The spontaneous protests seemed to dissipate overnight as demonstrators reported a heavy police presence and some arrests. The Cuban government, which typically does not allow organized dissent, did not say how many protesters had been arrested.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            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.    <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that his government is willing to engage with protesters after hundreds of Cubans partook in rare public protests at the weekend to decry worsening conditions on the island. 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