Medical students protest amid power outage at universities

Students from the medical sciences universities of Guantánamo and the University of Cienfuegos staged night-time protests following prolonged blackouts on 27 May. The demonstrations were peaceful. The students denounced the precarious living conditions and said they faced threats from university authorities and the regime's repressive forces, writes CiberCuba.

“The school is falling apart, we spend entire days without water, the food is barely edible, the drinking water is muddy, and while all of this is happening, no one comes, nothing is said. Now everyone comes in a swarm when we demand what is rightfully ours, when we raise our voices and show them that we will not remain silent,” denounced Camila Hernández on Facebook.

“They threatened us with kicking us out of the scholarship. They are trying to instil fear as they have done since 1959 with anyone who wants to fight for a country where they can have a future.”
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