Cuban protesters ransack Communist office as energy crisis deepens

BBC ^ | 03 14 2026 | Jessica Rawnsley

[yesthatjallen]

Protesters in Cuba have ransacked a Communist Party building following a rally over steep food prices and persistent power cuts, in a rare show of public dissent.

Five people were arrested after a small group vandalised the offices in the central city of Moron overnight into Saturday, Cuba's Interior Ministry (Minint) said.

Discontent among Cubans has been mounting as the island is buffeted by rolling blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine, exacerbated by a prolonged US oil blockade.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that, while the protesters' complaints and demands were "legitimate", "violence and vandalism that threatens citizen tranquility" would not be tolerated.

He wrote on X that the prolonged blackouts had understandably caused "distress", blaming them on the US blockade that he characterised as having "cruelly intensified in recent months".

The protest came hours after the government in Havana confirmed that talks with the US to "seek solutions through dialogue" to the two countries' differences were under way.

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[wildcard_redneck]

I’m guessing the Cubans are starting to strip the forests and the countryside farms for food.

[Georgia Girl 2]

The natives are restless. 😉

[DesertRhino]

That’s what happened in North Korea.

[ifinnegan]

BBC must hate reporting this.

[Candor7]

The question is whether the Cuban military will turn crew served machine guns on the protesters.

If so we will be exporting ordnance to the Cuban resistance.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Ideology doesn't fill a gas tank, doesn't plant and harvest, and doesn't know the meaning of the word, self-sufficiency. But it's good at sending thugs to your house if you disagree..... SSDD

[BradyLS]

Michael Moore & Fiends are deeply saddened.

[Lauren BaRecall]

Not everyone can build a fire outside - you have to cook the yuca, otherwise you could die of cyanide poisoning. Not kidding.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Chairman Kim, please pick up the white courtesy phone. President Trump is on the line...

[Ancesthntr]

“Five people were arrested after a small group vandalised the offices in the central city of Moron overnight into Saturday….”
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So, technically, they’re Morons.

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

“Five people were arrested after a small group vandalised the offices in the central city of Moron overnight into Saturday….”

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So, technically, they’re Morons.

And if the Later Day Saints built a temple there, They would be known as Moron Mormons... 🤣