Cubans protest amid power blackout

Описание: (30 Sep 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bacuranao Pueblo, Havana - 30 September 2022
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of people protesting while rattling metal objects
2. Various of police officers trying to put out fire in street made by protesters
3. Man on bicycle passing near fire
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Javier Camejo, 32, local resident:
"People are like this because their chickens have been spoiled, children are sleepless. People are aggressive because of the heat."
5. Neighbours watching from their homes
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natali Manso, 22, local resident:
"In my house there were only eight chicken thighs and they were all spoiled, with a strong stench of blood. Now that I feed that child, what do I give her if there is nothing? Look at the child there, until when?"
7. Wide of police, firefighters and fire engine
8. Various of people protesting
9. Various of police passing by protest
STORYLINE:
A few hundred Cubans took to the streets demanding the restoration of electricity, protesting more than two days after a blackout hit the entire island following the passage of Hurricane Ian.
An Associated Press journalist saw a total of about 400 people gathered in at least two spots overnight on Thursday, shouting "we want light, we want light" and banging pots and pans.
The two of protesters were still in the streets late into the night, but the gatherings remained peaceful.
It was the first public outpouring of anger after electricity problems spread from western Cuba.
Ian hit Tuesday night and knocked out all of the island's power grid, leaving its 11 million people in the dark.
Electricity returned in some parts of Cuba on Wednesday, while it came on then shut off again in other parts.
Authorities have not said what percentage of the population remains without electricity.
But the Electric Union says only 10% of Havana's 2 million people had power Thursday.
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