Cubans took to the streets on Thursday night to bang pots and protest across several neighborhoods in the capital Havana as the country entered its third day of blackouts following Hurricane Ian.
The massive storm, now ploughing north along the southeast coast of the United States, caused Cuba's grid to collapse earlier this week. It knocked out power to the entire island of 11 million people, flattened homes and obliterated agricultural fields.
Cruz said his family did not want him to take to the street out of fear he would be hauled off to jail.Protests on the street in communist-run Cuba are very rare. Last July 11, anti-government rallies, the largest since former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, rocked the island. A Reuters journalist confirmed pot-banging and small groups protesting peacefully on the street in several other areas of the city.
It was not clear why communications had fallen. The Cuban government did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the situation.
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