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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 ...
The systematic violations of human rights by the Cuban government in response to the demonstrations in July of 2021 have fueled the largest exodus of Cubans to the United States and other ...
Three years after the largest anti-government protests in Cuba, at least 670 Cubans are still in prison for participating in the demonstrations on July 11, 2021, some of them serving sentences of ...
The July 11 protests in Cuba were unprecedented. AP Photo/Ramon EspinosaThousands of Cubans took to the streets across the island around mid-July 2021 in a rare mass expression of dissent in a ...
2021 Cuban protests; 2024 Cuban protests; See also. Cuban Revolution (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 19 March 2024, at 14:54 (UTC). Text is ...
Sunday’s protests were the largest in Cuba since July 11, 2021, when island-wide demonstrations swept through the island. It ended with a heavy crackdown by authorities. There are 675 protesters ...
On May 31, 2021, the San Isidro Movement confirmed that Otero Alcántara had been released from custody, after being detained in a hospital for over four weeks. [26] On July 11, 2021, he was arrested by Cuban authorities on his way to join a march calling for freedom. Since then, he has been under custody. [27]
The historic protests in Cuba stem from frustration over acute shortages and the communist governemnt's failure to improve the economy amid the pandemic.