Despite the efforts of the Cuban regime's propagandists to hide the magnitude of the 17M protests and the demands that the Cubans demanded, images like those recorded this Sunday in Bayamo, which record what happened.
From dusk until night, hundreds of people took to the streets of the provincial capital Granma and they toured the city with cries of "Freedom" and singing the national anthem of Cuba.
Bayamo, the town where the wars of independence began in 1868 and where the national anthem was sung for the first time, revived this March 17 the rebellious and libertarian spirit that identifies it in history, with hundreds of Cubans demanding their rights and the end of the dictatorship.
“Down with the dictatorship”, “The united people will never be defeated”, “Long live Cuba free”, “Homeland and Life”, were some of the songs sung by the Bayamese people, who walked through the streets of the city for hours without caring about the heavy police presence.
Special brigades (those known as “black wasps”) and officers of the Ministerio del Interior (MININT) They blocked some of the city's streets to prevent demonstrators from gathering to protest in front of government headquarters.
When the night comes, repression was unleashed against peaceful protesters, as could be seen in images spread on social networks that showed police beating and arresting several citizens who were running to avoid being arrested.
“Pal Partido!”, a protester was heard saying at one point during the marches, calling on the others to go to the headquarters of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC). “We want food!” and “No more grinding,” demanded the Bayamese under the watchful eye of the repressors.
“They have the people starving,” “Murderers” and “Díaz-Canel singao,” were other cries heard during the protests, making it clear that, beyond the hunger and hardship caused by the regime's infamous economic management, , Cubans are expressing their expectations of a change that will give them back the freedom and rights necessary to build a new model of coexistence.
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