Protests in Havana, Mayarí, and Santiago de Cuba on the ninth consecutive night of demonstrations
Several municipalities in Havana, towns in Mayarí (Holguín), and neighborhoods in the city of Santiago de Cuba saw protests, pot-and-pan demonstrations, and roadblocks, as well as clashes with security forces on the night of Saturday, March 14, during the ninth consecutive day of demonstrations against the island’s regime. The independent civil society organization Justicia 11J gathered evidence of pot-banging protests in the Havana municipalities of Plaza de la Revolución, Habana del Este, Diez de Octubre, Centro Habana, and San Miguel del Padrón, where slogans were also chanted. Independent journalist Yoani Sánchez confirmed a “loud pot-banging protest in Nuevo Vedado, near Boyeros and Tulipán,” not far from the headquarters of the Communist Party Central Committee, the Council of State, and the buildings of the Ministry of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior. This occurred despite reports on social media in recent nights showing convoys of police cars and increased se...
