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Holding up the Cuban flag, 90-year-old Raul Castro is also on the street! According to Reuters, thousands of people participated in the rally organized by the Cuban government in the capital Havana on the 17th local time, and they condemned the US trade embargo on Cuba and reiterated their support for the Cuban revolution. The rally also featured Raúl Castro, the former first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Reuters: After the protests, the Cuban government held a mass rally in Havana
Before dawn, gathered on Havana's corniche waving Cuban flags and photographs of the late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and Raúl Castro, who stepped down as first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in April, Reuters reported. ↓
Raul Castro himself attended the rally. Reuters reported that on July 17, the 90-year-old former Cuban leader appeared at the rally with a Cuban flag in his right hand. ↓
Social worker Margaret Atega revealed that the workers attending the Havana rally were called up by the Cuban Community Street Commission, the Committee for the Defence of the Revolution, and a bus picked her up from her home at 4 a.m. to the rally. "This revolution is going to last a long time," Atgar said.
In addition to the capital, Havana, the Cuban government said similar rallies were held in many parts of the country.
President Díaz-Canel, first secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said at the rally that Cuba's "enemies are once again engaged in the destruction of the 'sacred unity and tranquility' of citizens."
He also said that in the face of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases across the country, it is not a trivial matter to convene everyone to hold a rally: "We call you together once again to condemn the blockade, aggression and acts of terror. ”
Reuters said the rally was in response to anti-government protests that erupted in Cuba last Sunday.
On July 11, mass protest marches broke out in Havana, Cuba, and in the western town of San Antonio de los Banio. Cuban President Díaz Canel then travelled to a site of events to communicate with the population and made two televised speeches. In his speech, he condemned the US government for funding anti-Cuban forces, exposed and criticized the US government for continuing to strengthen the blockade against Cuba during the new crown epidemic, with the aim of strangling the Cuban economy and causing social unrest, and demanding that the United States lift the blockade against Cuba and respect Cuba's sovereignty.