At night, across Cuba, the sound seems to be everywhere.
Metal on metal.
The banging of pots and pans.
Angry Cubans leaning out their windows, making noise in the dark.
The entire island is basically under a massive blackout.
That's our colleague Vera Bergengruen, who's been following the situation in Cuba.
And at night, for the last week or so, we've been seeing people
in different cities across the island come out, bang pots
and pans in a sign of protest, of discontent with the government.
The island's infrastructure has always been brittle, often vulnerable to power failures.
But for the last three months, Cuba has been completely cut off from oil imports.
And that's paralyzed the country.
Conditions have been bad in Cuba for a long time, but this is really reaching a crisis point.
You know, if you live on an upper floor, you can't get water.
You have to kind of go downstairs with your bucket every time you need water for cooking.
Public transportation has ground to a halt.
Hospitals have been canceling surgeries.
Some people we've spoken with say the cost of food has really skyrocketed.
One woman we spoke with said that a liter of milk
in one small package of chicken was basically her entire monthly budget.