With millions of Cubans now with mobile internet on their phones, news of the protests quickly swept to Havana. By early afternoon, thousands marched through central Havana, chanting “homeland and life” and “freedom”. Aylin Guerrero, 52, was one of thousands who came out to support the government, in central Havana. The protests were the biggest since 1994, when tens of thousands demonstrated at Havana’s Malecón promenade amid an acute economic crisis brought on by the fall of the Soviet Union. An official in the Biden administration tweeted support for Sunday’s demonstrations.

Source: The Guardian July 12, 2021 01:37 UTC