The Government settles at least three protests by sending tanker trucks
14ymedio, Havana, 1 July 2024 / Residents of Central Havana took to the streets Saturday night to protest the lack of water. They managed to block Reina Street, closing off traffic at its intersection with Galiano Street. The demonstration marked the end of a week in which at least two other similar incidents occurred, one in Old Havana and another in Luyanó, which ended when water supplies were replenished.
In an online video, a group of people can be seen using plastic water jugs to create a barricade, blocking a tour bus that routinely uses the street. The Transtour bus was the first vehicle that could not get through, followed by cars that lined up behind it. Only a motorcycle was able to make its way through the barrier.
Police arrived at the scene and listened to the complaints of residents, who explained that they had gone for more than ten days without water. One particularly hard-hit resident reported that a number of water trucks showed up after the streets were closed and “filled everything up for everyone at 4:00 in the morning.”
On M0nday, residents of Old Havana, who had been without water for
