Havana: The road protest that erupted over the weekend in Cuba was the biggest at least since it was a quarter of a century ago, when President Fidel Castro personally went to the streets to calm the crowd of thousands of people who gripped the island following the collapse of the Soviet Union, who had long been Supports its socialist allies.
What is demanded by the protesters? Many declare anger over the length of the food and lack of food and medicine, as well as repeated power outages.
Some demand a faster vaccination rate against Covid-19.
But there are also calls for political changes in a country regulated by the Communist Party for around six decades.
Some demonstrators shouted “Liberty!” “Down with the dictatorship! ” And“ Father and life! ” – Twist on revolutionary slogans, “homeland or death! ” “It’s time for things to change.
The situation is very important,” said Cristian Veliz., A 22-year-old construction worker.
What triggered protest? The Cuban government blamed the difficulty of US sanctions that he calculated the cost of the island of $ 5, 5 billion years ago, even though the number was greatly debated by US critics.
It also claims the US government.
And enemies in the US use social media tools such as Twitter to send messages that regulate street protests.
Critics blame the government’s failure to shake the economy State managed eternal.
While the government has created a wider range of openings for small.
-Scale private business, they are still controlled tight and limited.
Cuba also relies on in recent years about tourism revenues that have been destroyed by global pandemics – and on assistance from Ally Venezuela, who belongs to Venezuela’s own economy.
Move this year to combine Two types of state currencies into one also cause sharp inflation.
What is the role of social media? Many protesters did learn demonstrations on the social media platform that had just become widespread in Cuba.
They also use their cellphones to take pictures transmitted at home and abroad.
The government responds by turning off cellular data services by a telephone monopoly managed by the government, effectively cutting social media.
Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said officials detected the use of what was called `bots ” based in the US to bombard Cuban phones with messages.
Social media services began to be widespread in 2018.
What is the government’s response? When protests broke on Sunday in the city of San Antonio de Los Banos near Havana, President Miguel Diaz-Canel quickly went to talk to residents.
He also broadcasts calls for ‘revolutionary’ ‘to be taken to the streets to support the government.
The police moved and arrested dozens of protesters, sometimes loudly.
Heavy police presence has continued in areas such as Seafront Malecon Boulevard, Capital Building and Plaza Sprawling of the Revolution in Havana.
Smaller protests also occur on Monday, and officials report at least one death.
In the days since protests, government officials have emerged on television to analyze the situation, even though they have not announced new policies to deal with economic problems or others.
Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has demanded A.S.
accept his role in frustrating riots.
What is the US response? President Joe Biden issued a statement of support for the protesters, by saying, “We stand with their Cuban and call their Clarion for freedom and assistance from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from decades of repression and their economic suffering that they have submitted by authoritarian regimes Cuba.“ but protest creates a challenge for him, with political consequences in Florida, the main battlefield which is home to many Cuban-Americans who leave the island because of that.
The communist government there, and other people who fled the left regime in Latin America.
Republican parliamentarians especially encourage administration to increase support for demonstrators.
So far, Biden has responded carefully while officials continued with u.s.
policy reviews Cuba.
So far he has not embraced the opening of politics and economics for Cuba conducted by the Obama administration – which mostly rolled over by former President Donald Trump