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Díaz-Canel visits Eastern Cuba after massive protests, but without starting in Santiago

Díaz-Canel visits Guantánamo more than 72 hours after the massive protests that shook part of eastern Cuba.

Díaz-Canel en Guantánamo © X/Presidencia Cuba
Díaz-Canel in Guantánamo Photo © X/Cuba Presidency

More than 72 hours have passed since In Santiago de Cuba, massive protests began to express popular discontent against the government and the living conditions to which Cubans are subjected.. The same time that the designated ruler Miguel Diaz-Canel has not set foot in the epicenter of these demonstrations, which later spread to cities and towns, such as Copper, Bayamo and Cardenas.

However, this Thursday Díaz-Canel decided to travel to the east of the country, but without starting in Santiago. The official media announced his visit to Guantánamo, almost a month after the previous one, a province located approximately 83 kilometers from the place where the bombs were detonated. protests last Sunday, March 17, so the arrival of the president to the so-called “untamed city” is not ruled out.

The lack of information about this visit by Díaz-Canel to the East is striking, an issue that is not common for the president when he goes on a tour of the provinces. This time his account on the social network X, at the time of writing this note, does not reflect any publication on the subject.

When disclosing the stay of the also first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Guantánamo, the official media We will win He said that “the tour began through the El Colibrí mini-industry, of the CPA (Agricultural Production Cooperative) Jesús Menéndez, located in Carrera Larga, in the municipality of El Salvador, which is part of an APOCOOP project (Support for Intercooperation Agricultural) present in four municipalities of #Cuba.”

Capture of Facebook/Venceremos Newspaper

Other places visited by Díaz-Canel were the Mountain Development Center, located in the Turquino Plan of the municipality of El Salvador, where he toured the Microbiology Laboratory and the Physical-Chemical Laboratory, where he received an explanation about the research carried out there. .

Facebook capture/Daniel Martínez Balón

On February 22 of this year, the designated ruler arrived at Guantánamo to supposedly continue with the "correction" of what they have euphemistically called "distortions" and in the process take the village baths that have lately taken place several devotees in the towns he passes through.

That time his visit began in the Manuel Tames municipality, and decided to convey to the population the slogan that their problems will be resolved based on their efforts and contributions to the economy.

Since those dates, the leadership of the Cuban regime has gone on tour around the Island, spreading in each town the idea that the local authorities are responsible for ensuring that there is no shortage of food and other problems that distress the population.

One month after, The people of Santiago de Cuba lit the spark of discontent, with massive peaceful protests that put the regime in check. In them, Citizens asked for efficiency in government management; already tired of hunger, scarcity, blackouts, violence.

Even so, Díaz-Canel's presence is still expected, since the president has only limited himself to social media posts and speeches in front of official journalists, while their henchmen in Santiago de Cuba try to calm the situation.

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