Cubans rage against the dying of the light
Blackouts caused by Hurricane Ian add to the misery of socialist dictatorship
On September 27th Hurricane Ian took out Cuba’s electricity grid. The blackout meant that the island’s food, which is scarce anyhow, rotted in the heat. But the cover of darkness also provided the opportunity for Cubans to protest. In several neighbourhoods of Havana, the capital, people banged pots and pans and called for light and libertad, or freedom.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “Voices of the powerless”
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