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Protesters in Cuba attack Communist Party office in rare riot over blackouts
Protesters in Moron damaged multiple state-run facilities amid worsening blackouts and shortages linked to a U.S. oil blockade, with five arrests reported by authorities.
- On March 13, a rally in Moron over power cuts and food shortages began peacefully then turned violent, with protesters partially destroying the Municipal Party Committee headquarters.
- Worsening blackouts and shortages have fueled discontent amid rolling blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, worsened by a U.S. energy blockade blocking Venezuelan oil shipments that supply half of Cuba's energy.
- Local reports say a smaller group of protesters stoned the party office entrance, set reception furniture on fire and vandalised a pharmacy and a government-operated market, while Reuters verification located a video in Moron about 250 miles east of Havana.
- Authorities detained five people and Cuba's Interior Ministry opened an investigation, while Vanguardia de Cuba said, 'The image circulating shows the scene of the protest, but it's important for the public to know the truth: no one was injured by gunfire'.
- Amid rare public dissent, the Cuban government said on March 13 it began talks with Washington as public services including rubbish collection, emergency wards, transport, and education falter.
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Protest in Morón turns into attack on Communist Party office amid Cuba blackouts
A protest over blackouts and shortages in the Cuban city of Morón turned into a partial attack on the local Communist Party headquarters early on Saturday, in one of the most unusual recent expressions of public unrest on the island. Authorities reported at least five arrests and said an investigation had been opened into the incident.
Residents in Morón are taking to the streets to protest, as the growing frustration about persistent power outages triggered by the US oil blockade is growing.
Cubans torch communist headquarters in protest of blackouts and food shortages
Burning and ransacking of a local communist party building in Cuba was captured on video Friday night, with Cuban officials saying the violence "threatens citizen tranquility."The city of Morón was the focal point of the outrage, which local outlets said was in response to the current energy crisis and lack of access to food.'There will be no impunity for vandalism and violence.'A small group of people reportedly began protesting peacefully on F…
The anti-Castro wick lit in Morón. The city in the interior of the island has become the symbol of the tiredness and despair of Cubans for the increasingly prolonged blackouts, almost 20 hours a day without electricity, and the practice of day-to-day paralysis due to the lack of energy, food and medical care. In the morning of Saturday dozens of people set fire to the headquarters of the Communist Party of Cuba, the single party, the most daring…
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