BREAKING: Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Cuba

[libertybele]

Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Cuba

Thousands of Cubans took to the streets from Havana to Santiago on Sunday in rarely seen protests, expressing frustration over pandemic restrictions, the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations and what they said was government neglect.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who also heads the Communist Party, blamed the United States for the unrest in a nationally televised speech on Sunday afternoon.

Special forces jeeps, with machine guns mounted on the back, were seen in Havana and Diaz-Canel called on supporters to confront "provocations."

Thousands of people gathered in downtown Havana and along parts of the seaside drive amid a heavy police presence. There were a few arrests and scuffles, but no major confrontations.

The protests broke out in San Antonio de los Banos municipality in Artemisa Province, bordering Havana, with video on social media showing hundreds of residents chanting anti-government slogans and demanding everything from coronavirus vaccines to an end of daily blackouts.

"I just walked through town looking to buy some food and there were lots of people there, some with signs, protesting," local resident Claris Ramirez said by phone.

"They are protesting blackouts, that there is no medicine," she added.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/thousands-of-protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-cuba

[libertybele]

Special forces jeeps, with machine guns mounted on the back, were seen in Havana and Diaz-Canel called on supporters to confront "provocations."

Thousands have taken to the streets here .... thugs, BLM/Antifa .... (sigh)

[mountaineer]

They're waving US flags in the streets of Cuba. 

https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1414330530200440836

[libertybele]

They're waving US flags in the streets of Cuba. 

https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1414330530200440836

It's hard not to feel for these people. 

[mountaineer]

https://twitter.com/KamVTV/status/1414367765612404743

https://twitter.com/josefelixdiaz/status/1414345017632624649

[mountaineer]

New York Times never fails to deliver. 

[libertybele]

This is exactly what we are experiencing here, but so far, it 's been accepted.  There have been shortages off and on from various different manufacturers since the pandemic was announced; pork, beef, chicken, pasta, pasta sauce, toilet paper, paper towels, Clorox wipes, etc., and prices are through the roof.

Demonstrators in Havana protest shortages, rising prices

Plainclothes police detain an anti-government protester during a protest in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, July 11, 2021. Hundreds of demonstrators went out to the streets in several cities in Cuba to protest against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs, amid the new coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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 the march when a few protesters threw rocks.

Police initially trailed behind as protesters chanted “Freedom,” “Enough” and “Unite.” One motorcyclist pulled out a U.S. flag, but it was snatched from him by others.

“We are fed up with the queues, the shortages. That’s why I’m here,” one middle-age protester told The Associated Press. He declined to identify himself for fear of being arrested later.............

https://apnews.com/article/business-health-caribbean-coronavirus-pandemic-havana-477ff35a2e0a2809ee67c89070a56e41

[andy58-in-nh]

New York Times never fails to deliver. 

There are times when the perfect reflection of one's character is to be found in one's choice of words.

The New York Times supported Fidel Castro and his revolution, and still does.   

[mystery-ak]

New York Times never fails to deliver. 

That about says it all..

[Gefn]

 

[PeteS in CA]

I hope they have no illusions that LIEden will in any way support them!

[libertybele]

I hope they have no illusions that LIEden will in any way support them!

I think you are right.  We'll see what happens.

[PeteS in CA]

I think you are right.  We'll see what happens.

I'm still POed and horrified by the way OhBummer! left the Iranian Green Movement hanging out to dry and die. Alt-history is more or less always uncertain, but there was potential for a huge change in the ME, and OhBummer! let it die.

[libertybele]

I'm still POed and horrified by the way OhBummer! left the Iranian Green Movement hanging out to dry and die. Alt-history is more or less always uncertain, but there was potential for a huge change in the ME, and OhBummer! let it die.

 

[jafo2010]

The NYT is a communist rag.  I have NEVER purchased a copy, NEVER will!!!

Obama is STILL a muslim.  Get real.  Why would he support what is perceived as anarchy in an islamic state?  That would never have happened in one million years!!!  A nation that like him, sees the USA as the great satan!!!

[sneakypete]

They're waving US flags in the streets of Cuba. 

https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo/status/1414330530200440836

@mountaineer

Those are some truly brave people.

[mystery-ak]

Biden Administration Claims Cuban Anti-Communist Protests Are About ‘Rising COVID Cases/Deaths’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/11/biden-administration-claims-cuban-anti-communist-protests-are-about-rising-covid-cases-deaths/

[mountaineer]

With regard to the NYT's take on the word "freedom," Michelle's Mirror says:

The New York Times, where “Freedom” is considered an anti-government slogan. Could their disdain for our country’s foundation be any more transparent?

Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that “destabilization in our country” would be met with a “revolutionary response,” adding “we call upon all the revolutionaries of the country, all the communists, to take to the streets.” I presume all U.S. media correspondents on assignment there will heed his call, having already fulfilled their journalistic responsibilities by blaming the uprising on Covid…and Trump.

I don’t know if Kristofferson wrote this nihilistic lament for the likes of these leftist loons who’ve been with us since the 60s, and just keep replicating, but it certainly fits their mindset. ...

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't free
And feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
You know feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

[mountaineer]

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
I personally spoke to some of the leaders of Cuba's dissident movement just weeks ago. The mainstream media and Biden WH line that this liberty movement is solely about lack of vaccines and US sanctions is a total lie. It is about the evil repression of a communist tyranny.
8:49 AM · Jul 12, 2021·

Lots of updates at this twitter page: https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo

[Kamaji]

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
I personally spoke to some of the leaders of Cuba's dissident movement just weeks ago. The mainstream media and Biden WH line that this liberty movement is solely about lack of vaccines and US sanctions is a total lie. It is about the evil repression of a communist tyranny.
8:49 AM · Jul 12, 2021·

Lots of updates at this twitter page: https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo

That's not hard to believe.

[txradioguy]

New York Times never fails to deliver. 

They've never met a foreign dictator they didn't want to lick the boots of.

[txradioguy]

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
I personally spoke to some of the leaders of Cuba's dissident movement just weeks ago. The mainstream media and Biden WH line that this liberty movement is solely about lack of vaccines and US sanctions is a total lie. It is about the evil repression of a communist tyranny.
8:49 AM · Jul 12, 2021·

Lots of updates at this twitter page: https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo

If you listen to what they are saying...those protestors outside the Communist Party Headquarters aren't shouting about vaccines and COVID.

They are telling the people inside CP HQ this is our country.

[Wingnut]

When you lose Kristol it's really bad.

[PeteS in CA]

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro
I personally spoke to some of the leaders of Cuba's dissident movement just weeks ago. The mainstream media and Biden WH line that this liberty movement is solely about lack of vaccines and US sanctions is a total lie. It is about the evil repression of a communist tyranny.
8:49 AM · Jul 12, 2021·

Lots of updates at this twitter page: https://twitter.com/GiancarloSopo

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is "out there", though Russia may be barring export due to a current Covid surge (India may be doing similarly with the vaccine developed in India). Sinovac's vaccine is readily available. Sinopharm's vaccine is readily available. Subject to availability, AstraZeneca's, J&J's, Moderna's, and Pfizer's vaccine all are manufactured outside of the US as well as within the US.

[mountaineer]

When you lose Kristol it's really bad.

Kamala will have to take him to the woodshed. He'll probably enjoy it.