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In 2020, the economic situation in Cuba worsened. The Cuban economy contracted by 10.9% in 2020, and by 2% in the first six months of 2021. [11] The economic crises emerged from a combination of factors, [46] [47] including reduced financial support (subsidized fuel) from Cuba's ally Venezuela, the United States embargo against Cuba and United States sanctions (tightened by the Trump ...
Tens of thousands of Cubans marched in front of the U.S. embassy in Havana on Friday to protest longstanding sanctions in the waning weeks of the Biden administration, and as the island's ...
June 24 - 2021 Cuban protests: A court in Cuba sentences two protesters to between five and nine years in prison for desecrating the Cuban flag and resisting authority during last year's protests. [3] July 7 - Authorities in Cuba say that dengue fever cases have increased 21.7% from last year and describe the epidemiological situation as ...
Pro-Cuban government protesters in Cienfuegos, July 2021. The 2021–2024 Cuban migration crisis was sparked by a convergence of factors in the country. Political repression and escalating economic difficulties led to public discontent, culminating in mass protests during the summer of 2021. The demonstrations were a response to rising ...
The Cuban dissident movement is a political movement in Cuba whose aim is to replace the current government with a liberal democracy. [1] According to Human Rights Watch , the Marxist-Leninist Cuban government represses nearly all forms of political dissent .
[16] [17] The video of the song, often distributed by flash drive in Cuba, includes appearances by members of MSI. [18] [19] In April 2021, residents of Havana's San Isidro neighborhood prevented the arrest of rapper Maykel Osorbo amid anti-government slogans and chanting the song Patria y Vida, in whose video Osorbo himself participates. [20]
In 2009, a Tibetan monk self-immolated in protest of Chinese rule in Tibet, in an incident that sparked mass protests in Western China. Over 100 monks set themselves on fire over several years.
Videos of the protest posted on social media show the larger crowd, of about 200 seemingly mostly white young people, surrounding and shouting down the multi-racial group of between 30 and 60 pro ...