If You Grew Up With the U.S. Blockade as a Cuban, You Might Understand the Recent Protests Differently
Protests in Cuba on 11 July 2021. (Image by Twitter)
During the early morning of July 17, Johana Tablada joined tens of thousands of Cubans as they gathered along the Malecón boulevard in Havana to stand with the Cuban Revolution. “We are human beings who live, work, suffer, and struggle for a better Cuba,” she told us. “We are not bots or troll farms or anything like that.” She referred to what has been called the Bay of Tweets, a social media campaign developed in Miami, Florida, that attempted to inflame Cuba’s social problems into a political crisis.
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20 Jul 2021
The mothers of protesters missing since anti-communist marches erupted nationwide in Cuba on July 11 are planning to take the streets of the island on Wednesday demanding to know what the regime did to their children.
The protest is expected to be the largest national anti-communist event within Cuba since the July 11 protests. International news outlets have struggled to document the ongoing protests since July 11 as the Castro regime shut down internet access nationwide following a rapid deluge of videos of police using live ammunition against unarmed protesters began to surface from the country.
Miami Herald Activists participate in a rally at the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami on Saturday, July 17, 2021. The rally was held in solidarity with the protests happening in Cuba.
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Over the past week, Cuba has experienced some of the largest political demonstrations since the Cuban revolution in 1959.
The protests, and anxiety over the future of the country, have made their way to South Florida, where
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The U.S. is telling the Cuban people not to try to make it to America by boat.WESH 2 s Gail Paschall-Brown spoke to one man with connections to the country, who says staying put and protesting may prove to be just as dangerous.Related: Floridians with strong ties to Cuba are calling this protest the most important in decadesHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayokras says Cubans protesting against their government should not attempt to reach the United States by boat. They put their lives in tremendous peril. Just in the last few weeks we have seen approximately 20 people lose their lives by taking to the sea, Mayokras said.Dr. Orlando Gutierrez Boronat, who was born in Cuba, is the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance coordinator. We ask our people not to fall into the trap of a mass exodus, manipulated and controlled by the communist regime, Boronat said. His organization is a coalition of pro-democracy groups inside and outside of Cuba dedicated to the liberation of