Cuba’s president slams social media ‘hatred’ after protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba’s president slams social media ‘hatred’ after protests

Al Jazeera  

Havana, Cuba – The Cuban government held a massive rally in the early hours of Saturday morning on Havana’s Malecon, the city’s famed corniche, at the end of a week of unrest that spurred a slew of international criticism. Crowds for the “Act of Revolutionary Reaffirmation” rally in the Cuban capital, which the government said numbered 100,000, arrived before the sun rose and spilled onto the highway near the United States embassy. ‘Viva Cuba Libre’ People began being bused to Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood from local party headquarters from 4:30am on Saturday for the rally. “Viva Cuba Libre,” shouted Diaz-Canel, before launching into an attack on social media, access to which the government had restricted for much of the last week. “It is a hatred that fractures friends, families, society and threatens to make many of our values useless.” In contrast to last weekend’s protests, the crowd on Saturday was older.

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After historic protests, defiant Cubans face mass trials
3 years, 4 months ago

After historic protests, defiant Cubans face mass trials

CNN  

Havana, Cuba CNN — Following the most widespread protests since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, Cubans are now bracing themselves for a new aftershock poised to shake the communist-run island: Mass trials of those who dared to take to the streets calling for change. I said, ‘My love be calm, you are not alone.’” Cuban officials have refused to say how …

Cuba: Protesters move from social media to the streets
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba: Protesters move from social media to the streets

Al Jazeera  

As the Cuban government grapples with protests, it imposes internet blackouts and jams communications. Cuba is witnessing something historic – the biggest anti-government demonstrations in 60 years – and the authorities have imposed temporary blocks on the internet, making credible media coverage and reliable information that much harder to find. Contributors: Mónica Rivero Cabrera – Cuban journalist Tracey Eaton – …

Cuba president rejects coverage of unrest as a ‘lie’
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba president rejects coverage of unrest as a ‘lie’

Al Jazeera  

Days after anti-government demonstrations, President Diaz-Canel says ‘what the world is seeing of Cuba is a lie’. Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel has denounced what he said was a false narrative over unrest on the Caribbean island, speaking alongside ex-president Raul Castro during a rally before thousands of supporters in Havana. “What the world is seeing of Cuba is a lie,” …

Fake news proliferating online during Cuba protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Fake news proliferating online during Cuba protests

Al Jazeera  

The government says they are spread by counter-revolutionaries, while critics say it is the authorities themselves. The government said the stories, which spread on Sunday on social media and messaging apps, were part of a broader US-backed attempt by counter-revolutionaries to destabilise the country. “Often it is state security launching these kind of rumors to afterwards … say they are …

EXPLAINER: Causes of the protests in Cuba
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: Causes of the protests in Cuba

Associated Press  

HAVANA — The street protests that erupted over the weekend in Cuba were the biggest at least since those a quarter century ago, when then-President Fidel Castro personally went into the streets to calm crowds of thousands furious over dire shortages that gripped the island following the collapse of the Soviet Union, which had long backed its socialist ally. Cuba’s …

Faced with rare protests, Cuba curbs social media access, says watchdog
3 years, 5 months ago

Faced with rare protests, Cuba curbs social media access, says watchdog

The Hindu  

Cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp, global internet monitoring firm NetBlocks said on Tuesday, in the wake of the biggest anti-government protests in decades. “The pattern of restrictions observed in Cuba indicate an ongoing crackdown on messaging platforms used to organise and share news of protests in real-time,” said NetBlocks director Alp …

Cuba restricts access to social media apps to curb protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba restricts access to social media apps to curb protests

Al Jazeera  

Mobile internet has been a key factor behind the protests and activists say government is restricting access to messaging apps. Cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp, global internet monitoring firm NetBlocks has said, in the wake of the biggest anti-government protests in decades. “The pattern of restrictions observed in Cuba indicate an …

Cuba’s internet cutoff: A go-to tactic to suppress dissent
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba’s internet cutoff: A go-to tactic to suppress dissent

Associated Press  

Cubans facing the country’s worst economic crisis in decades took to the streets over the weekend. While the recent easing of access by Cuban authorities to the internet has increased social media activity, Toker said, the level of censorship has also risen. The Cuban government also restricts independent media in Cuba and “routinely blocks access within Cuba to many news …

Cuban protests demand freedom, food, covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuban protests demand freedom, food, covid-19 vaccines

Live Mint  

Thousands of Cubans took to the streets in a wave of demonstrations in Havana and at least 14 other cities throughout the Communist island, demanding an end to the 62-year dictatorship and protesting the lack of food and Covid-19 vaccines. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said Mr. Díaz-Canel visited the city of San Antonio de los Baños, about 20 miles …

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