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Verified videos of the protests show the demonstrators had direct political demands too, at times shouting “Freedom,” “‘Patria y Vida” (Homeland and Life) and expletives at Díaz-Canel.
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 ...
Cuban-Americans living in Miami organized their own protests to show solidarity throughout March. On 17 March, dozens gathered outside the Versailles waving Cuban and American flags. [ 24 ] On 19 March, protesters formed a human chain [ 25 ] while on 24 March, they organized a brief march across a park in Little Havana .
On 17 March and 18 March 2024, blackouts alongside a poor harvest and food shortages [29] [6] [30] caused [7] [8] widespread protests primarily in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second largest city, during which three people were arrested. [5] [31] Cuba accused the government of the United States of stirring up unrest, an accusation that the United ...
Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal agreed with the Biden administration this week. Outgoing U.S. President Joe ...
However, they were instructed by Cuba's secret police that they would no longer be allowed to protest. [10] A reporter for BBC News stated that protest groups like the Ladies in White were seeking to raise their profile in advance of an impending visit by Pope Benedict XVI—who was expected to discuss the issue of human rights with the Cuban ...
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 ...
The brief statement, broadcast on Cuba's midday newscast, was the first official reaction to Trump's election by the island's government. Cuban leader Diaz-Canel plays down impact of Trump's ...