Cuba: mass demonstrations for high prices and lack of food. “Orange” revolution coming?
Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana's Malecon waterfront and elsewhere on the island on Sunday to protest food shortages and high prices during the coronavirus crisis, in one of the largest anti-government demonstrations in memory. Many young people took part in the afternoon protest in the capital, which stopped traffic until the police intervened after several hours and stopped the march when some protesters started throwing stones.
In Havana, hundreds of people gathered in various streets and avenues, mainly in the vicinity of the Malecón . The collected reports indicate that the demonstrators marched through San Lázaro, Galiano and 23 until they reached the Malecón where there were clashes between demonstrators and police. Other clashes are recorded in Camaguey and Guira de Melena
De rares manifestations contre le gouvernement éclatent à #Cuba face aux difficultés économiques alors que le pays sous embargo est touché par sa pire crise économique depuis 30 ans provoquant des pénuries d'aliments et médicaments ainsi que des coupures d'électricité. #SOSCuba pic.twitter.com/OI2tCfaGUb
– Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) July 12, 2021
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel appeared on television to condemn the protests and called on government supporters to take to the streets in response. "We ask all revolutionaries in the country, all communists, to go out on the streets and go to the places where these provocations will take place," said Díaz-Canel. "The order for the battle is given: in the streets, revolutionaries".
Some supporters then took to the streets to support the government:
Cuba: des partisans du gouvernement descendent dans les rues à appel du Président here dénonce une tentative de déstabilisation de la part des États-Unis. pic.twitter.com/q7iPN7hHGY
– Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) July 12, 2021
Members of the Cuban government have called into question US interference in the demonstrations
US State Department and its officials, involved to their necks in promoting social and political instability in #Cuba , should avoid expressing hypocritical concern for a situation they have been betting on. Cuba is and will continue to be a peaceful country, contrary to the US
– Carlos F. de Cossio (@CarlosFdeCossio) July 11, 2021
“The US State Department and its officials, involved up to their necks in promoting social and political instability in Cuba, should not express their hypocritical concern about a situation they have been betting on. Cuba is and will remain a peaceful nation, unlike the USA ”.
Julie Chung, assistant to the Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere tweeted: “ Peaceful protests are growing in Cuba as the Cuban people exercise their right to peaceful assembly to express concern about the increase in COVID cases / deaths and the shortage. of medicines. We commend the many efforts of the Cuban people who mobilize donations to help neighbors in need “.
Everything suggests that, after the economic crisis caused by Covid-19 and which was grafted onto a difficult economic situation, accentuated by the restrictive measures of the US government, Cuba is harboring an "Orange" revolution, that is, one with American control and the like. to that Ukraine. We will see if the repression of the Communist government, now that the Castro family is out, will be sufficiently rigid to stop it in the bud.
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