disruptions. at least 100 protestors and independent journalists have been detained. patrick on thppmann has more. reporter: the protests quickly turned violence. demonstrator tos pelted patrol cars with stones and police forcibly arrested scores of people.tos pelted patrol cars with stones and police forcibly arrested scores of people. repression this woman said, all we have is repression. counterprotestors organized by the government tried to shout them down. some chanting that they are fidel castro. but castro died in 2016 and his brother raul retired in april. now the job of managing cuba s worst crisis in a generation falls to their hand pick successor who called the protestors criminals.
the government tried to shut them down. some chanting that they are fidel castro. but fidel castro died in 2016 and his brother, raul, retired in april. now, the job of managing cuba s worst crisis in a generation falls to their handpicked successor, miguel diaz canal, who called the protestors criminals. they stoned the police force, damaged cars, he said, a behavior that s completely vulgar, completely indecent. tensions have been building for months, in cuba, over increased sanctions, first, imposed by the trump administration. the pandemic has further wounded an already-ailing economy. cubans wait for hours in crowded lines, each day, to buy what little there is, as the number of covid-19 cases surge. cuba s food crisis appears to be getting worse, and worse, as the pandemic goes on longer and longer. the people here said they don t
addressed the general assembly at the united nations and as expected, we can expect him to attack the united states. and israel. and deny iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. we ll also get his view of the upcoming palestinian vote. you know he s denied the holocaust, called for wiping israel off the map, said there are no homosexuals in iran and called protestors criminals. he has given one on one interviews, an opportunity for him to spread his message. this is one we did last year when i conducted an interview with him for fox news. at that time, he said that the u.s. government was involved in 9/11. i asked him why he would say much nutty and insane things. this morning, the new york times says he s making an effort to be friendly and conciliatory, but some opponents think he should be arrested. he belongs in a cage in central park, rather than