Participation in mass rallies organized by the Cuban Government.
Holding the Cuban flag in his hand, 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.
The Cuban government organizes a mass rally Image source: rt Quoted from social media
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."
President Díaz-Canel, First Secretary of the CPRC Central Committee, delivered a speech at the rally
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.
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Supporters of the Cuban government rallied, and Díaz-Canel spoke condemning "media terrorism" funded by the United States!
After the outbreak of large-scale anti-government protests in Cuba on the 11th, Cuban government supporters held a rally on the 17th, and Miguel Díaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, condemned the "media terrorism" funded by the United States at the rally.
According to the media reports of Russia's TASS News Agency and Russian News Agency, more than 100,000 supporters of the Cuban government held a rally in Havana on the morning of the 17th to condemn the anti-government protests that broke out on the 11th and express support for the political policy of the Cuban government.
TASS: There was a rally in Havana in support of the Cuban government
According to reports, the rally began at about 6 a.m. local time on the 17th and lasted about two hours. Representatives of Cuban trade unions and student organizations, employees of Cuban state-owned enterprises, etc. participated. The rallyists held up photographs of Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban Revolution, and former Cuban President Raúl Castro, the Cuban flag and slogans condemning attempts to interfere [in Cuba's internal affairs].
"Russia Today" (rt) quoted the Cuban Latin American News Agency as reporting that when Díaz-Canel spoke at the rally on the 17th, he attacked the "media terrorism" financed by the "political machine" in Washington and Florida.
Social media "encourages and glorifies acts of destruction of [Cuban people's] property" through "viral social media images" and "lies" spread by foreign politicians and activists "are not accidental or mistaken," he said.
"Russia Today": Cuban president condemns U.S.-backed "media terrorism" in remarks to mass rally of supporters
According to TASS, Díaz-Canel talked about the recent emergence of a large number of false information about the Protests in Cuba on the 11th, and called for an end to lies, shamelessness and hatred (Cuba). He added: "We are born to overcome, not to be overcome. ”
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