Protests erupt in Cuba as US restrictions spark food, energy shortages
Al Jazeera
Authorities say a local communist party office was lit on fire during rare antigovernment demonstration on the island.
Protesters in central Cuba have torched a local communist party office, as conditions on the island continue to deteriorate under severe restrictions from the United States meant to squeeze the economy.
Authorities said on Saturday that five people were arrested amid what the government called “vandalism acts” in the city of Moron.
“What began peacefully, after an exchange with the authorities in the area, degenerated into vandalism against the headquarters of the municipal committee of the Communist Party,” the state-run newspaper Invasor said of the incident.
Unverified videos of the incident show protesters breaking into the office and throwing stones at a burning building. Shouts of “liberty” could be heard in one of the videos, according to the news agency Reuters.
Other government buildings were also reportedly damaged overnight. No injuries have been confirmed so far, though the details of the protest and its aftermath remain unclear.
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