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News from Cuba: The most read news today December 16, 2021

Summary of news in Cuba today, December 16, 2021

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The MINSAP reported this Wednesday that it had confirmed four more cases in Cuba of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Carolina Barrero is incommunicado after attending an interrogation at the Zapata y C police station, Havana; several activists denounced through social networks. Amnesty International demanded the immediate release of Luis Robles, who has been imprisoned for months for carrying a poster against repression in Cuba and whose trial is scheduled for Thursday.

Cuba's only pre-cooked rice plant has not worked for 15 years

The Ángel Montejo rice mill is the state entity in charge of preparing the cereal and since for more than a decade its workers have not carried out the process of cooking and drying rice, they will receive training to start up the industry, according to detailed the Cuban News Agency.

Almost seven years later, another victim of Fernando Bécquer tells his story: “No one in the police believed me”

Massiel Carrasquero Ramos reveals that in 2015 he reported the musician to the police for sexual abuse and an officer told him that his case did not proceed.

“The defense evidence was lost”, family complaint of 11J prisoner judged in Contramaestre

In the collective judicial process, the fate of 14 defendants who participated in the Contramaestre demonstration on July 11 is decided, against whom prosecutor requests of between four and 15 years of deprivation of liberty weigh.

Fire causes damage to seven houses in Santiago de Cuba

There was no loss of life in the fire.

Four new cases of the Ómicron variant of the coronavirus are confirmed in Cuba

Two of the positive cases for the Ómicron variant are Cubans and the other two are foreigners.

Amnesty International demands immediate release of Luis Robles

"Luis has been in prison for a year, his trial is scheduled today. We demand his immediate release Cuba," lawyer Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director of Amnesty International, wrote on Twitter.

Accountability in economic matters: Marrero has to think about changing his speech

Marrero recognized that the Ordering Task “is not a process that by itself will solve all the problems accumulated in the economy, but it creates conditions to advance the solutions, in conjunction with the remaining measures of the update of the Cuban Economic and Social Development Model. Socialist and should not take more time than is strictly essential.”

The trial of political prisoner Luis Robles, the young man from the cartel, is concluded for sentencing

"The lawyer showed that Luis had not committed any crime, but the Prosecutor's Office remained determined that Luis was inciting people to rebel against the revolution," Robles' brother told CiberCuba.

European Parliament will demand to evaluate the agreement between Brussels and Havana in the face of increased repression in Cuba

A proposal for a Common Resolution that will be voted on this Thursday requests the European Union to activate the legal mechanism that allows “an immediate meeting of the mixed commission to be called due to the violations of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement by the Cuban Government.”

Activist María Cristina Garrido imprisoned by 11J: “We did not fail that day, we made it important”

“Let us not feel defeated even though the regime is still there. We must be prepared to face the sacrifice that every cause demands,” he said in a letter he sent to CiberCuba.

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