Cuban passengers who planned to travel to Nicaragua with a stopover in Caracas, Venezuela, protested at the entrance of José Martí International Airport in Havana due to the cancellation of their flight without prior notice.
In a video shared by Cuban-American journalist Mario J. Pentón, several Cubans can be seen gathering to demand a resolution regarding the cancellation of their flight from some authorities, who stood with their arms crossed and remained silent.
According to what is heard in the video, many of those present, whose travel plans seemed to have been canceled, had purchased their tickets through a travel agency, which apparently had no representatives at the airport facility.
"Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua's regimes have made multimillion-dollar deals with illegal emigration to the United States," Pentón says in the description of his video posted on his X social media account.
The communicator stated that the video was sent from Havana and "features a group of passengers demanding to be boarded on a Venezuelan airline heading to Havana-Caracas-Managua. Everyone knows that they will not return. The massive exodus has been a political weapon against the U.S., used by the dictatorships of the hemisphere for decades."
Since May 5th, the Venezuelan airline has increased flights departing from Caracas (Venezuela) to Managua (Nicaragua), with a stopover in Havana (Cuba).
The increase in this type of flights benefits Cubans who travel as "mules" to Venezuela and also serves as a way out for Cuban emigrants who use Nicaragua as part of their journey to reach the United States.
Monthly data published by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) office revealed that 18,988 Cubans arrived on U.S. soil in the fifth month of the year, most of them crossing through the land border that separates the country from Mexico.
The figures indicate that approximately 11,466 Cubans arrived through the southern U.S. border, while only 31 entered through the northern border with Canada, matching the number of entries in that area from the previous month. The remaining 7,491 arrived by sea.
Recently, the Korean TikToker Lim Jae Jun shared his unusual experience on a flight from Managua to Caracas, where he was the only passenger on board.
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