Overview
- Authorities say five people were detained after the Morón unrest and the Interior Ministry opened an investigation into what state media called vandalism.
- Social media videos show the party office ransacked with documents and furniture burned in the street, and a pharmacy and a store were also reported damaged.
- Footage circulating from the scene appears to capture gunfire and an injured man, while state media denies police shot anyone and reports no confirmed gunshot injuries.
- Cuban officials attribute prolonged outages to depleted fuel supplies and failures at aging power plants, with a recent grid collapse tied to the Antonio Guiteras facility.
- Public frustration over shortages has grown with cacerolazos and a student sit-in, and local outlets reported solidarity demonstrations by Cuban exiles in Miami.