Protesters Take to Streets in Cuba as Lights Go Out Throughout Island

Protesters took to the streets of Cuba on Sunday in a uncommon outburst of social unrest as a recent wave of blackouts exacerbated tensions on the cash-strapped island.

Social media posts confirmed crowds of individuals in Santiago de Cuba, the second-largest metropolis on the jap a part of the island, chanting “corriente y comida” — energy and and meals — as police seemed on.