Posted on 07/14/2021 7:45:41 AM PDT by DFG
The first Cuban protester has died after police allegedly opened fire on a peaceful demonstration while an anti-government reporter was arrested live on TV as the unrest continues on the Communist-run island.
Diubis Laurencio Tejeda, 36, died on Monday in a suburb of Havana during a clash between protesters and police, the Interior Ministry said.
The ministry said Tejeda was part of a group of protesters that had attacked a government facility in the La Guinera neighbourhood of Havana and did not say what caused his death.
But witnesses said security forces had responded with gunfire after some demonstrators had thrown rocks at them.
'I think the Communists have lost control, they won't have a solution to this situation,' said resident Waldo Herrara, 49. 'The people are tired of so much humiliation, so much repression.'
Meanwhile, social media activist Dina Stars was reportedly arrested live on television by Cuban security forces while speaking with Spain TV host Marta Flich on Tuesday about the protests.
Thousands of Cubans took to the streets of Cuba on Sunday while chanting 'down with the dictatorship' in the biggest anti-government demonstrations on the Communist-run island in decades.
Cubans are protesting over high prices and food shortages and other grievances against the government such as their handling of the pandemic.
The protests, rare in a country where public dissent is tightly controlled had largely ended by Sunday evening, as security forces were deployed to the streets and President Miguel Diaz-Canel called on government supporters to go out and fight to defend their revolution.
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The commies have control as long as the military sides with them.
To support the regime and crush the protests.
They will as long as they get food, weapons, fuel…and Biden is doing his best to ensure that. He just quietly lifted the sanctions on VZ, so the Maduro regime can go back to keeping Cuba supplied with all of the above.
I don’t know why this hasn’t gotten more comment. It was done stealthily, so that the Dems could get Biden to make some statement about “the Cuban people,” but so that he via VZ could continue to prop up the Cuban Communists. But no fingerprints.
“To support the regime and crush the protests.”
I support any action that will keep them there and out of the boats.
Prayers continuing for the people of Cuba for protection and victory in their quest for freedom.
I believe you are correct sir, unfortunately.
Was the person’s name Ashli Babbitt?
Should we expect this here, when anti-government feelings finally erupt?
Big Media in US going to bury this
What, they aren't allowed to set up a "CHAZ" Seattle type street fair and burn down the police station?
And just a little over 6 months since it happened here.
If the reference is unclear, 1/6/2021.
I hope the Castro Regime are crapping their pants and looking for place to run to or is Biden going to take them
You will support the tattered communist regime as it clings to the vestiges of power?
You will see the pro 2A folks come out and take care of business. I’m not calling them militias since the majority of pro 2A are not formally organized.
Agree. I’m getting Iran protest flashbacks here. The Cubans picked the wrong time to do this and will get zero support from the US.
‘The people are tired of so much humiliation, so much repression.’
The NYT said they want vaccines. They wouldn’t lie to me now, would they?
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We don’t need the police. We have ANTIFA
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