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The president of Casa de las Américas, Abel Prieto, reacted this Saturday to the protests that took place in the city of Morón, Ciego de Ávila, urging unity around the country's political leadership.
By retweeting a comment from Pedro Jorge Velázquez, known on social media as El Necio, the former Minister of Culture stated on the social network X that “it is worth pausing” to consider what he described as the rapid international spread of the incidents that occurred in that municipality in Avila.
According to what he wrote, the Israeli intelligence service Mossad would have presented the disturbances as a sign of a supposed collapse of the "regime."
Based on that interpretation, the official urged for increased support for the Cuban political power.
"We must remain united alongside Díaz-Canel, our Communist Party, and our government," he wrote, accompanied by the official slogan “#CubaVencerá.”
His statements come just hours after a night of tensions in Morón, where numerous videos circulated on social media showing residents marching through the streets of the municipality with pots and pans and slogans like “Freedom!”.
During the protests, incidents were also reported outside the municipal headquarters of the Communist Party, where damage was caused to the building and a fire broke out in the street involving furniture from the building.
One of the most striking moments of the day was captured in a video widely circulated on the internet, showing a young man falling to the ground after a gunshot was heard near the party headquarters.
In the images, several protesters assist him and transport him on a motorcycle to receive medical care.
The official narrative has attempted to portray the events as isolated disturbances led by a small group of people manipulated from the outside.
The official newspaper Invasor reported that five individuals were detained and that authorities are continuing to investigate the incidents.
The ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel reacted on social media, labeling the incidents as "vandalism" and "violence," while also issuing a direct warning to those who participated in the protests.
"There will be no impunity for vandalism and violence," he wrote.
The protests in Morón occur amid a growing social unrest in Cuba, fueled by prolonged blackouts, food shortages, and the deterioration of living conditions in the country.
While the government insists on attributing the crisis to external factors and calls for political unity in the face of what it considers discrediting campaigns, public expressions of discontent are increasingly common in various localities across the island.
Abel Prieto says that it is time to "stay united alongside Díaz-Canel and the Party."
The president of Casa de las Américas responded to the protests in Morón by calling for unity around the leadership of the regime. In his message, he also suggested that foreign media exaggerate events to proclaim the fall of the Cuban government. These statements come amid increasing social tension due to blackouts, shortages, and new protests on the island.
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