Street demonstrations calling for paving and sewer systems turned violent in two barrios of Santiago yesterday. Protestors wearing ski masks burned tires and scattered refuse on the streets in La Otra Banda and Villa Liberacion. They demanded the paving of two kilometers of roadway as promised by the mayor of Santiago. One passerby opened fire on the group of demonstrators, wounding three in the face and legs.
In the meantime, over in the community of Limonal Abajo in Licey al Medio, residents were protesting the sorry state of their streets. The protest was organized by the Broad Front for Popular Struggle (FALPO). Residents told reporters from El Caribe that the work on the streets had been abandoned since 2010. Finally, in the barrio of Santa Lucia in Cienfuegos in Santiago, residents held a vigil outside the offices of the Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan) demanding that the area be connected to the sewer system.