Cubans protest against food shortages and rising prices
3 years, 5 months ago

Cubans protest against food shortages and rising prices

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere on the island to protest against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis, in one of Cuba’s biggest ever anti-government demonstrations. Many young people took part in the protest on Sunday afternoon in the capital, which disrupted traffic until police moved in after several hours and broke up the march when a few protesters threw rocks. “Peaceful protests are growing in #Cuba as the Cuban people exercise their right to peaceful assembly to express concern about rising COVID cases/deaths & medicine shortages. We commend the numerous efforts of the Cuban people mobilising donations to help neighbours in need,” tweeted Julie Chung, acting assistant secretary for state for Western Hemisphere affairs.

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Cuba: Organización no gubernamental documentó más de 200 manifestaciones en 2024
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Cuba: Organización no gubernamental documentó más de 200 manifestaciones en 2024

Associated Press  

LA HABANA — Una organización independiente del gobierno que monitorea la situación de derechos civiles y presos en Cuba cuantificó en más de 200 las protestas, algunas pequeñas y en general pacíficas, ocurridas este año en la isla. “Este año Justicia 11J ha podido documentar que, lejos de la pasividad de la ciudadanía que quizá algunos sectores puedan interpretar del …

Cuban authorities make arrests after protests broke out over blackouts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cuban authorities make arrests after protests broke out over blackouts

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Cuban authorities said Sunday they arrested a number of people for disorderly behavior after protests over blackouts that stretched on for days broke out in recent weeks. Cuba’s Attorney General’s office said it started criminal proceedings against people in Cuba’s capital Havana, the province of Mayabeque and the city of Ciego de Avila for “assault, disorderly behavior and …

Cubans in eastern city of Santiago protest blackouts and food shortages
9 months, 1 week ago

Cubans in eastern city of Santiago protest blackouts and food shortages

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Small groups of protesters took to the streets in the eastern city of Santiago on Sunday, decrying power outages lasting up to eight hours and food shortages across Cuba. In reporting on events in Santiago, the government-linked news organization El Necio said, “Due to the long hours of power outages from lack of fuel and other situations arising …

Cubans stage rare protests amid blackouts, persisting economic crisis
9 months, 1 week ago

Cubans stage rare protests amid blackouts, persisting economic crisis

Al Jazeera  

President points finger at US after hundreds of people demonstrate against food shortages and blackouts. President Miguel Diaz-Canel called for calm on Monday after hundreds of people gathered in Santiago, Cuba’s second largest city, to demonstrate against power blackouts and food shortages a day prior. Social media videos showed crowds in the communist-governed country chanting, “Power and food.” Diaz-Canel blamed …

Remembering the Cuban July 11 protests
1 year, 5 months ago

Remembering the Cuban July 11 protests

LA Times  

I had just gotten into an elevator in Las Vegas when I heard the familiar accent. The #EU should urge President @DiazCanelB to free those unjustly imprisoned #CubaSinRepresión✊🏾 #CubaWithoutRepression pic.twitter.com/4ENcB6eajW — Amnesty EU July 10, 2023 The protests that took place two years ago this week in Cuba were something many of us in the U.S. and on the island …

Cubans protest in Havana for 2nd night over lack of power
2 years, 2 months ago

Cubans protest in Havana for 2nd night over lack of power

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Groups of Cubans protested Friday night in the streets of Havana for a second night, decrying delays in fully restoring electricity three days after Hurricane Ian knocked out power across the island. The government did not say what percentage of the overall population remained without electricity Friday, but electrical authorities said only 10% of Havana’s 2 million people …

Cuba acknowledges prosecuting hundreds for last year’s protests
2 years, 11 months ago

Cuba acknowledges prosecuting hundreds for last year’s protests

Al Jazeera  

Cuban prosecutor’s office says 710 people have been referred to trials in relation to anti-government protests in July. In a statement released through Cuba’s official newspaper Granma, the public prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday that 790 people have been indicted “for acts of vandalism, which attempted against authorities, persons and property, and severe disruptions of public order”. We are all …

Cuban opposition group calls for more protests, denounces arrests
3 years, 1 month ago

Cuban opposition group calls for more protests, denounces arrests

Al Jazeera  

Archipelago says more than 100 people were detained on Monday as security forces prevented protesters from gathering. A Cuban opposition group called on its supporters to continue demonstrating for 10 more days amid accusations that the government is detaining opposition figures and preventing others from leaving their homes. On Tuesday, the United States said it “commends the courage and will …

Protest call in Cuba goes unheeded as organizers bottled up
3 years, 1 month ago

Protest call in Cuba goes unheeded as organizers bottled up

Associated Press  

HAVANA — A call for protests went unheeded Monday as some of the organizers complained that government supporters had surrounded their homes so they couldn’t go out, while others said they were warned by Cuban police that they would be arrested if they took to the streets. The organizers sought to hold protests the same day that Cuba reopened to …

Planned Cuba protests fizzle amid police deployment, confinement
3 years, 1 month ago

Planned Cuba protests fizzle amid police deployment, confinement

Al Jazeera  

Prominent dissidents say they were confined to their homes as police flooded the streets to head off planned protests. The latest round of opposition protests planned in Cuba has not materialised, with police flooding the island nation’s capital and several prominent organisers reporting being confined to their homes. Amid a months-long government crackdown on dissent, friends and family said several …

US slams Cuba ‘intimidation tactics’ before planned protests
3 years, 1 month ago

US slams Cuba ‘intimidation tactics’ before planned protests

Al Jazeera  

Havana has banned Monday’s planned march, which comes after rare demonstrations broke out in the island country in July. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned what he called “intimidation tactics” employed by the Cuban government in advance of planned protests. “We call on the Cuban government to respect Cubans’ rights, by allowing them to peacefully assemble …

Cuba accuses US of ‘destabilisation’ ahead of opposition protests
3 years, 1 month ago

Cuba accuses US of ‘destabilisation’ ahead of opposition protests

Al Jazeera  

Cuba saw rare public protests in July over rising living costs, food shortages and the continuing US embargo. Cuba has accused the United States of seeking to destabilise the island, as Cuban opposition groups plan to hold protests next week despite a government ban on the demonstrations. On Wednesday, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the government would not allow …

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: US protest narrative paving way for military incursion
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba: US protest narrative paving way for military incursion

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Cuba criticized the United States and President Joe Biden on Wednesday for a series of statements by senior officials after the unprecedented protests on the island last week, accusing the U.S. government of seeking to justify a military intervention. Johana Tablada, deputy director for U.S. affairs at Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said U.S. officials are painting a …

UN rights chief calls on Cuba to release protesters
3 years, 5 months ago

UN rights chief calls on Cuba to release protesters

Al Jazeera  

At least 100 people have been arrested and one person killed during rare demonstrations in the island nation. United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has called on Cuba to release protesters and several journalists arrested during days of rare demonstrations in the Caribbean nation, condemning the use of excessive use of force by security personnel. In a statement on …

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 confirms 1 man dead during antigovernment protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba confirms 1 man dead during antigovernment protests

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Cuban authorities confirmed Tuesday that one person has died during demonstrations that have shaken the island in recent days by protesting over food shortages, high prices and other grievances against the government. The demonstrations in several cities and towns were some of the biggest displays of antigovernment sentiment seen in years in tightly controlled Cuba, which is facing …

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 …

Cubans in Miami talk of boating to island to back protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Cubans in Miami talk of boating to island to back protests

The Independent  

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Analysis: Cuba’s protests are unprecedented but the future for newly defiant Cubans is anything but certain
3 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: Cuba’s protests are unprecedented but the future for newly defiant Cubans is anything but certain

CNN  

Havana, Cuba CNN — For months the refrain across Cuba has been “¿hasta cuando?” How much longer? “You have to be out here if you want to have food.” The government of President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first head of state not named Castro since the revolution took power more than six decades ago, gave frequent updates on the economic crisis …

Police patrol Havana in large numbers after rare protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Police patrol Havana in large numbers after rare protests

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Large contingents of Cuban police patrolled the capital of Havana on Monday following rare protests around the island nation against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis. “We’ve seen how the campaign against Cuba was growing on social media in the past few weeks,’' Díaz-Canel said Monday in a nationally televised appearance in which his entire …

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 …

Demonstrators in Havana protest shortages, rising prices
3 years, 5 months ago

Demonstrators in Havana protest shortages, rising prices

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere on the island Sunday to protest food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis, in one of biggest anti-government demonstrations in memory. Many young people took part in the afternoon protest in the capital, which disrupted traffic until police moved in after several hours and broke up …

Why Cubans took to the streets in all-but-unheard-of protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Why Cubans took to the streets in all-but-unheard-of protests

Al Jazeera  

Protesters across Cuba shouted ‘freedom’ and ‘we are not afraid’ at rare protests on Sunday. The protesters shouted “Libertad” – freedom – and “Patria y Vida”, fatherland and life, a play on revolutionary slogan Patria o Muerte, which states the revolutionaries’ willingness to die for one’s homeland. Surrounded by heavy security, he had appeared on the streets of St Antonio …

Thousands join rare anti-government protests in Cuba
3 years, 5 months ago

Thousands join rare anti-government protests in Cuba

Al Jazeera  

Demonstrations come as Cuba is experiencing its toughest phase yet of the coronavirus crisis. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in rare anti-government protests in Cuba, where the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis are spurring frustrations, with some demonstrators chanting “down with the dictatorship” and “we want liberty.” At a protest on Sunday in San Antonio de …

Cuban protesters demand US lift trade embargo, sanctions
3 years, 8 months ago

Cuban protesters demand US lift trade embargo, sanctions

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds join caravan in capital Havana to pressure US President Joe Biden to lift economic curbs on Cuba. Then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US was designating Cuba “for repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbour to terrorists” – a charge rejected by Havana. During his presidential campaign last year, Biden promised to …

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