Low participation in events for May Day in Cuba

The acts byFirst of May They took place this Friday in the main cities of the country, and although official propaganda insists on showing them as society's support for the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel, the images reflect a fairly low participation.

Officially in Havana, about 100 thousand people attended the event that took place on the boardwalk, which represents 5% of the total population living in the capital.

In addition to Díaz-Canel, Army General Raúl Castro and other political and government leaders were present at that meeting.

During the central speech, the general secretary of the Cuban Workers' Union, Ulises Guilarte, reiterated that the suspension of the May Day paradeIt was related to the energy crisis that the country is going through, without fuel or immediate solutions, and that the organization of the event was also postponed to this Friday, for somesupposed adverse weather conditions, which never happened.

Likewise, he insisted on accusing the independent media of distorting the truth about what is happening in the country and not showing the support that the communist government receives from the population.

After carrying out a review of some state media and official accounts on social networks, it can be observed that the participation of Cubans in these May Day events is not massive and many of those who went to the rallies are state workers, who In exchange, they will enjoy a day of work break.

The telecenterPerlavision, from Cienfuegos, showed images of the parade that was organized in that central-southern Cuban city, and the scarce presence of workers is more than notable.

Although the newspaperWe will win, from Guantánamo, said that from six in the morning the workers began to be seen concentrated and praised those who dressed in the colors of the Cuban flag, the images do not attest to a massive presence of workers.

In that same province the stationRadio Guantánamo, echoed the mobilization, but it is not that a massive call can be observed in the easternmost territory of Cuba.

In the province of Sancti Spíritus the date of May Day was "celebrated", and although so far no official figures have been given on the number of people who participated in the organized events, the photos from the official newspaperEscambray They do not convey exaggerated popular support.

One of the most controversial images is the one released Radio Nuevitas, in Camagüey, where from early in the morning "everything was ready" for the event, which apparently was mainly attended by elderly people.

"Today we celebrate as a people the rights won by union members in Cuba and around the world. As proof, we have photos of moments prior to the parade that will take place in minutes," the radio station Baracoa, from Guantánamo, wrote on its Facebook account.

However, the photos are neither happy nor do they show the satisfaction of the workers mobilized for the event that occurred this morning.

Sitting on the wall of the Baracoa boardwalk, the men and women wait for the moment to "look good" and comply with the organizers of the political meeting.

In San Germán, Holguín, the union meeting was also organized, the strike is not a massive popular response, and although Radio SG published photos with closed shots, which prevent the magnitude of the concentration from being appreciated, it can be seen that they were scarce. of personal.

Other towns such as Santiago de Cuba, Sagua la Grande, Las Tunas, Ciego de Ávila, Cárdenas and Pinar del Río, mobilized workers and students to comply with the order of the communist party to carry out these acts, for which at the moment it is unknown how much costs citizens.

For the first time in more than six decades, the Cuban government decided to suspend the traditional parades due to economic problems, something that for some experts denotes the lack of convocation of the current regime and the general crisis that the country is going through.