Havana has been returning to normal in recent days, even if mobile internet data service – which authorities cut on Sunday – remained limited.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pressing the White House to help preserve internet service to antigovernment protesters in Cuba. The Republican says it is important to do so to allow images of dissent to stream from the authoritarian nation. HAVANA – Cuban officials rallied tens of thousands of supporters in the streets on Saturday – nearly a week after they were stunned by the most widespread protests in decades.
He ended without the traditional cry of “Homeland or Death!” – a slogan mocked last week by protesters shouting, “Homeland and life!” With this in mind, Cuban Cabinet ministers announced a mix of measures including permits for travelers to import food and medicine without limits and allowing people to use their ration books to obtain subsidized goods outside their hometowns.
What officials also made clear is that they are not willing to make changes to the island’s political model. “When people with weak minds let themselves be influenced, these things like what happened on Sunday occur,” said Talia Linares, a 19-year-old student who turned out for Saturday’s rally. “So we are here to show that that isn’t Cuban youth.”
The measures announced by the government “are positive measures, but they are insufficient,” said Cuban economist Omar Everleny Pérez.
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