Cubans continued to take to the streets in April to protest the hunger, misery, and oppression they suffer on a daily basis at the hands of the Castro dictatorship. With 633 protests documented by an independent organization, April matched the previous month with over 600 protests on the island.
Via ADN Cuba (my translation):
Cuban Observatory of Conflicts documents more than 600 protests in April
The Cuban Observatory of Conflicts (OCC) recorded a total of 633 protests and spontaneous public complaints in the month of April, a figure lower than the 654 recorded in March.
According to the most recent report from the OCC sent to our editorial office, the decrease could be attributed to the more moderate power cuts, between 4 and 6 hours daily, last month, after the 12 to 13-hour blackouts in March sparked massive protests.
In April, for the first time, protests reached the residence of the dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel. A group of mothers claimed their rights there and denounced that in Cuba only communist leaders live well.
The third most numerous category of protests was related to food and high prices (112 cases). There is a deep shortage of the most necessary foods on the island, such as flour and milk.
At least three people were found unconscious from hunger in the streets, according to the OCC.
Another 84 protests and public complaints were due to citizen insecurity, after the alarming 144 cases registered in January and 124 in February. The increase in violence, especially in the eastern part of the country, keeps the population on alert.
The rest of the complaints were about social problems (61 cases), deficient public services (39), lack of health and medicines (38), and housing (19).
Faced with the increase in protests, the dictatorship has hardened its discourse to the point that regime spokespersons mentioned the possibility of applying the death penalty to peaceful protesters.