Diaz-Canel: Cuba has Enough Revolutionaries to Face Any Demonstrations
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There are "enough revolutionaries to face any type of demonstration," said Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, in response to a call by opposition parties for a march, November 15, that the government has already outlawed.
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Cuban President Diaz-Canel at the end of the plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba on Sunday.
Cuban President Diaz-Canel said that "There are enough revolutionaries to face any type of demonstration that seeks to destroy the revolution."
He added, “Let the imperialists know that they are going to have to fight with a people who are not fooled, a people large enough, brave and heroic to fight, who are not afraid of threats."
Diaz-Canel's words came during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee, which included 114 members and the highest instance of power on the island.
His predecessor Raul Castro, who has only made a few public appearances since his retirement last April, was present at the meeting.
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Archipelago, a dissident political reflection group that called for a march on November 15 in Havana and seven provinces across the island, has maintained its call, even though the authorities banned the protest last week.
This appeal comes after demonstrations in almost 50 cities around the country on July 11 and 12 chanting "Freedom" and "We Are Hungry," which resulted in one death, injuries, and over 1,000 prisoners, more than 560 of whom are still in prison.
Organizers said the November rally is about "change" and the liberation of political prisoners.
The Cuban government sees the movements as part of a US-backed plan to overthrow the regime.
Officials from the United States, for their part, have frequently chastised Havana for banning the November 15 march as well as detaining some of the July protestors.
Cuba is in the midst of a serious economic crisis, with significant food and medication shortages, aggravated by a drop in tourism as a result of COVID-19 and the tightening of sanctions imposed by former US President Donald Trump during his presidency, which his successor Joe Biden has continued.
As part of the "combat," the president urged Cubans to "close ranks, to fight for our problems with creativity."
