Rare street demonstrations sparked in Havana and other Cuban cities
14 Jul 2021, 08:10 GMT+10
HAVANA, Cuba: In the largest demonstrations in Communist Cuba in decades, thousands of Cubans took to the streets in Havana and other cities on Sunday to call for President Miguel Diaz-Canel to step down, while chanting freedom.
The protests come during Cuba s worst economic crisis since the fall of its ally, the Soviet Union, along with a record surge in coronavirus infections. Those marching voiced anger over shortages of basic goods, curbs on civil liberties and the authorities handling of the pandemic.
Thousands of protesters were seen in the streets in parts of Havana, with their shouts drowning out groups of government supporters waving the Cuban flag and chanting Fidel.
Cuba s president blames America s politics of economic asphyxiation for unrest after massive anti-communist protest
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, 61, on Monday blamed the U.S. for the protests that sprung up in his country on Sunday
Thousands of people took to the streets in the largest demonstrations against the government seen in years
Diaz-Canel said the U.S. embargo was strangling the country and accused the U.S. of paying mercenaries to stir up unrest within Cuba
On Sunday the Cuban government shut down the internet to stop the sharing of images of protest on social media
On Monday Joe Biden called the demonstrators remarkable and demanded that the government in Havana not repress them with violence
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In rare protests, thousands of Cubans take to the streets, demand ‘Freedom’
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Havana: Thousands of Cubans have taken to the streets from Havana to Santiago to protest food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis, in one of biggest anti-government demonstrations in memory.
Many young people took part in the afternoon protest in the capital, which disrupted traffic until police moved in after several hours and broke up the march when a few protesters threw rocks.
Plainclothes police detain an anti-government protester during a protest in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021. Hundreds of demonstrators went out to the streets in several cities in Cuba to protest against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs, amid the new coronavirus crisis.
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