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Young people shout 'I vote yes' before Raúl and Díaz-Canel while hundreds of families suffer the consequences of the tornado

Díaz-Canel has assured that the young people gave "their support to the Bolivarian revolution" and "a yes for the constitution."


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This Monday, January 28, a few hours after A powerful tornado will devastate some areas of Havana, hundreds of young Cubans gathered on the university steps to give "their support to the Bolivarian revolution" and "a yes for the constitution."

The same day that thousands of people in Cuba lost their homes and belongings, that Four died and nearly 200 were injured. -twelve of them serious- Miguel Díaz-Canel and Raúl Castro went to the steps of the University of Havana to preside over the traditional Torch March.

Shortly before, the networks had been filled with criticism because the celebration had not been suspended as a show of solidarity with the victims and victims of the devastating natural disaster. that devastated some areas in western Cuba.

That same day when many people had been left without electricity, during the march a free Wi-Fi connection was enabled in the area of the steps of the University of Havana, according to many Cuban users on social networks.

As happened with some of his previous posts, Díaz-Canel has been criticized with his publication on Twitter in which he stated that "In the Torch March, young Cubans along with Army General Raúl Castro express their decision to participate." in the recovery from the damage of the tornado, their support for the #Bolivarian Revolution and exclaim #YoVotoYes", instead of their support for the Cubans affected by the powerful meteorological organism.

Among the questions is not only the lack of empathy with those who have lost everything, the lack of wisdom in the march in the midst of this disaster, but the waste of resources that could have been allocated to the thousands of injured.

There has also been no shortage of criticism of the well-known hashtag 'we are continuity' as many claim that what they continue is the trail of misery and lack of freedoms of their predecessors.

On social networks, in the Havana neighborhoods, on the other hand, they have commented on the initiatives and messages of support for Cubans affected by the tornado.

This Monday, several Havana municipalities woke up with their streets full of debris, fallen trees, power poles on the ground, and houses completely or partially destroyed. Ruler, October 10th, Santos Suarez were some of the towns in Havana most affected by the EF4 category tornado.

tourist facilitiesFor their part, they did not suffer any damage, as confirmed by the Cuban Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero Cruz, on his Twitter account.

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